On Thu, 2009-09-17 at 00:17 -0400, Bill McGonigle wrote: > On 09/16/2009 08:05 PM, gilpel@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > I suppose security updates > > will still be available for some time and it doesn't seem the $29.95 SL > > upgrade makes a world of difference. > > There are some people with really decent machines that were cut off from > Leopard, and so now Snow Leopard is out, and they're SOL for security > updates. Something like an 800MHz flat-panel iMac is still a nice > computer, would make a great Fedora machine. > > Snow Leopard is mostly an engineering release, so when the next upgrade > arrives, you'll find some Mac Pros with the quad-liquid-cooled G5's > (sold into summer '06) on the auction block (cheap/unsupported). They > ought to be giving away Powerbooks with a fill-up at the gas station in > Cupertino. > > I'll have to make sure my local computer recycling nonprofit knows where > to turn. ---- I'm hardly one to defend Apple and their policies. I have been using Fedora PPC installations on old iMacs for many years now and am hardly a fan of OSX but your information is wrong. Less than a week ago, Apple issued Security Update 2009-005 which included updates for both Leopard (10.5.x) and Tiger (10.4.x) which you can clearly see here... http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865 So your claim of 'unsupported' is not entirely accurate. I am unsure how long Apple will be releasing updates for Tiger and Leopard and clearly if you have a PPC based Macintosh, your days are numbered but they are still supported. I'm never quite convinced of Apple's commitment to security anyway and support is always just a credit card payment away. ;-) Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
