Apple put FCP in at a time when companies like Adobe and Avid were dissing the Mac in droves. Avid had already announced that there would be no more development for the Mac, and had a pretty heinous upgrade plan to get existing Mac customers over to Intel (read: it was expensive.) Adobe had also said that they had no future plans for Premier; considering what a steaming pile of crap it was at the time, it was no loss, either. Apple then came in with Final Cut Pro and took the video editing market by storm, leaving the big boys with egg on their face and scrambling after a massive horde of defecting customers.Releasing Soundbooth as Intel-only is disappointing, but not surprising. It's targeted at a market that can presumably afford it for one. Ifyou asked me who would stop supporting PowerPC first, Adobe would definitely be first on my list. They're pretty arrogant and like to throw their weight around.
@hotdamnActually, according to the FAQs on the SoundBooth site, Adobe states they won't be developing for PPC. The future of Mac, the say, is Intel."Will there be a PowerPC version?No. Apple is quickly moving its focus towards Intel Macs, and no longer sells Power PC systems in many places. By focusing on Apple's future, we have been able to bring this powerful application to the Mac platform much more rapidly, and with a stronger feature set.Visit the Adobe Intel Mac FAQ for more information."
Closed AccountOct 26, 2006
pro version
aimtechOct 27, 2006
I can not get it to launch on my powerbook g4 so I guess Apple is safe for now.
aimtechOct 27, 2006
Thanks, I have both the Powerbook and the Intel MacBook Pro, don't ask why. Anyways I forgot which one I was using.
midnightbrewerOct 27, 2006
Apple put FCP in at a time when companies like Adobe and Avid were dissing the Mac in droves. Avid had already announced that there would be no more development for the Mac, and had a pretty heinous upgrade plan to get existing Mac customers over to Intel (read: it was expensive.) Adobe had also said that they had no future plans for Premier; considering what a steaming pile of crap it was at the time, it was no loss, either. Apple then came in with Final Cut Pro and took the video editing market by storm, leaving the big boys with egg on their face and scrambling after a massive horde of defecting customers.Releasing Soundbooth as Intel-only is disappointing, but not surprising. It's targeted at a market that can presumably afford it for one. Ifyou asked me who would stop supporting PowerPC first, Adobe would definitely be first on my list. They're pretty arrogant and like to throw their weight around.
Closed AccountOct 27, 2006
I'd even go so far as to bet the guy who submitted this actually read that one.
tzonOct 27, 2006
@hotdamnActually, according to the FAQs on the SoundBooth site, Adobe states they won't be developing for PPC. The future of Mac, the say, is Intel."Will there be a PowerPC version?No. Apple is quickly moving its focus towards Intel Macs, and no longer sells Power PC systems in many places. By focusing on Apple's future, we have been able to bring this powerful application to the Mac platform much more rapidly, and with a stronger feature set.Visit the Adobe Intel Mac FAQ for more information."
thatboxOct 27, 2006
KSUdesigner, I believe that CS3 is indeed Intel-only.
longofestOct 27, 2006
CS3 will be Universal (both Intel and PowerPC), unless Adobe changes their current statements in their FAQ.<a class="user" href="http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2006/10/20061026134801.shtml">http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2006/10/20061026134801.shtml</a> which is MacRumors' story on this, addresses all of these questions.