XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: ithinkiam@gmail.com   
      
   Your Name  wrote:   
   > On 2023-09-21 02:52:10 +0000, candycanearter07 said:   
   >> On 9/20/23 19:23, Alan wrote:   
   >>> On 2023-09-20 17:12, Alan Browne wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Regardless, 32b apps are dead in Mac OS now (last OS was Mojave that   
   >>>> would run them).   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Windows 10 still runs 32b apps; Win 11 too.   
   >>>   
   >>> Sure. So?   
   >>   
   >> So consumers want to be able to use older apps?   
   >   
   > Most consumers couldn't care less. As long as the computer can easily   
   > run an email app, a web browser, and some sort of word processor and   
   > spreadsheet, they're happy. Mostly it is whatever software that comes   
   > free / bundled with the computer.   
   >   
   > Businesses that use custom apps may need to be able to run older   
   > software, but most businesses users don't care either - they just buy   
   > new equipment and new software, and write it off their taxes as a   
   > "business expense".   
      
   Some businesses might be able to, but smaller ones, non-profits and   
   educational systems won't.   
      
   Universities for example run very old software to support equipment that   
   was bought a long time ago. The software is no longer supported by the   
   vendor but works just fine ... as long as it's on Windows XP.   
      
   The lab is definitely not going to spend 100+k on new hardware simply to   
   upgrade the software.   
      
   > A tiny minority of people that want to keep using old apps are the only   
   > ones who even know such a problem even exists.   
      
   It is a small number, but not frivolous.   
      
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