Xscope creating more than one ruler6/12/2023 ![]() And first gen intel Macs got retired at a faster rate too due to that very 64-bit issue, but within 5-6 years even they look like they would have already been down to single digit levels of installed base. Going back to look at Apple's 10-K from the end of 2006, looks like they had Mac unit sales of ~7.8 million, whereas last year it looks like they hit about 18.2 million. And if anything that overstates the relative number, because of course Apple was smaller back then and Macs were shipping in smaller numbers. So maybe a 1 to 2 year window of 32bit Macs. By mid/late-2007 machines were both Core 2 and shipping with 64-bit firmware too. Still though Apple shipped the first Intel Macs with Core 1 at the start of 2006 (February-ish?), so it's now approaching 14 years later. The Mac Pro Xeon was 64-bit capable from the start, but Apple only ever bothered with 32-bit EFI. IIRC, only the original Macbook and MBPs had Core processors at launch in 2006, by the end of that same year they had Core 2 though I think there were still some chipset/firmware limitations that complicated things for another year or two. But on the Mac there was only a brief window of 32-bit machines that Apple was forced into because they desperately needed to update the notebooks (G4 was toast, and G5 was too power hungry/hot for portable), and Core 2 wasn't ready yet. Whatever overlap in arguments there is, the installed base and momentum is obviously a different order. On Windows sure, there is absolutely enormous 32-bit x86 history there. It's actually pretty interesting overall how much non-64-bit stuff was ever even made. Perhaps there is some sort of relation to middleware there. Tons and tons of games too, also including ones that only recently came out. Obviously all the old CS6 Adobe suite, but also more surprising ones like a very recent version (last year) of Mathematica. Losing ScanSnap and having Fujitsu's support be "buy a new one which will have something else probably" stings. I have a fairly long list, so I'm pretty much committed to keeping a VM at least for older macOS versions for a long time. And thanks in advance for any suggested replacements. Luckily, luckily, these are the only things I'll miss. Call me a curmudgeon, but I couldn't live without it. X-Assist - Heh, this ancient utility returns OS 9 window behavior to OS X: when you click on a window, all the app's associated windows come to the fore. Web Devil - Given a URL, this utility downloads all linked files recursively. On The Job - Time tracking/invoice-generating software: I spoke to the developer and he promises a 64-bit version out soon. It presents a floating ruler allowing me to measure pixel distances onscreen, invaluable for web development. (The list is under System Information > Applications, sort by "64-Bit (Intel)") And I thought it might be beneficial to start a thread for outdated apps and their counterparts.įree Ruler - I've been using this utility for more than 10 years now. As I prepare to enter this brave, new, 64-bit world, I've discovered I've got some much-beloved 32-bit apps that won't make the transition.
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