Feb 1 2002
Ever heard of Moore’s Law?
Gordon Moore’s Law of Obsolescence states that the capacity of integrated circuits will double every two years. While this law cannot be proven one hundred per cent accurate, the gist of it is that any two year old computer is pretty much a dinosaur and should not be expected to keep up with software compiled to utilize the power of newer machines.
It’s with this in mind that I wish the clients of law firm of King & Ferlauto the best of luck in their class action suit against Apple computer. In case you haven’t heard, several owners of older G3′s, iMacs, PowerBooks and iBooks have taken action against Apple for claiming that Mac OS X would be “fully optimized” for PowerPC G3-based systems when in fact it runs rather slowly and several features of the Mac that worked fine under Mac OS 9 no longer run under Mac OS X.
It is import to note that this lawsuit sites as evidence a 1998 press release that predates the faster G3 models and the unveiling of the PowerMac G4. Is it reasonable for consummers to have expected Apple to tip its hand in regards to the Velocity Engine and other advances that came with the G4 in order to more accurately portray its operating system that was still under development?
I’m sorry people, technology moves pretty fast and if you want to benefit from it, I don’t think it is too much to ask that you keep up with it.
This MacMerc had no problem upgrading his Beige G3 into a 500MHz G4 with an ATI Rage 128 video card. It’s beige lightning and runs Mac OS X just fine.
Does it run everything as it did under OS 9? Of course not. My SCSI CD burner no longer registers on Roxio Toast’s radar as a viable authoring device and my Palm no longer synchronizes via the printer or modem port. Am I steamed? No, because I have realistic expectations of the life span of the technology I use. I suggest these plaintiffs might benefit from adopting the same outlook on the matter.
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