mshi wrote:
Just curious whether or not iPad3 or iPad(n) will put physical photo albums in fewer and fewer hands. What do you think?
No. My experience with Apple periphs is that they are on a calendar. My iphone 3gs was meticulously cared for, didn't last two years. I swear there's a self destruct measure built into these things.
But I can't ignore the fct that it still may be a small threat. But my clientele have more reasons to buy an album than to place their images on a ipad(n).
Adobe's product page says Vista is the minimum requirement, though I don't know if that means "doesn't work or won't install on XP" or just "we won't support you on XP."
I saw where someone tried to install it in XP and it wouldn't go. They got an error message. Adobe was asked about it and they said they don't have the resources to invest in making it compatible with other operating systems. They said they would rather put their limited resources into further development of their software programs.
Been using the Beta and I've liked it with my D7000's. I'll upgrade just because it'll only be $80. Was going to pick up PhotoMechanic for this season, but this timed out otherwise.
rmc1 wrote:
Maybe it's time to tone down the snarky comments for things one has no clue about.
I've thought a lot about it and made the decision that's best for me.
Until you're ready to buy me a replacement for the high-end Heidelberg scanner that will never be supported on anything beyond XP I'll gladly discard such comments. I choose the options that make the most of my money; pointless (to me) OS upgrades and the hardware required by them isn't one of them.
Snarky? You are the one that is being snarky!
Maybe you should consider a second system that you can run current software on and keep the old system to run XP for that scanner.
Or, don't lament the fact that you can't run current software. After all, you are the one that is choosing to run XP.
rmc1 wrote:
Maybe it's time to tone down the snarky comments for things one has no clue about.
I've thought a lot about it and made the decision that's best for me.
Until you're ready to buy me a replacement for the high-end Heidelberg scanner that will never be supported on anything beyond XP I'll gladly discard such comments. I choose the options that make the most of my money; pointless (to me) OS upgrades and the hardware required by them isn't one of them.
which heidelberg scanner do you have? i too choose the options that make the most for the money paid. the difference between Win 7 and XP is far from pointless too. VMware and dual booting along with just plain old running XP under Win7 pro are options.
"snarky" is just so dated. like early mid 1900s.
FWIW, running older OS's in an emulator such and VMware is often a viable solution for supporting legacy external hardware. I've had good luck with it and haven't run into anything USB based that I couldn't make work. Though if it's serial or SCSI all bets are off
I'm very happy with VMware running XP for my old vinyl cutter.
Jammy Straub wrote:
FWIW, running older OS's in an emulator such and VMware is often a viable solution for supporting legacy external hardware. I've had good luck with it and haven't run into anything USB based that I couldn't make work. Though if it's serial or SCSI all bets are off
I have an old Imacon scanner that requires a version of FlexColor that's only available for PPC on OS X. So it can't be run on anything half modern. But the Windows version runs fine in an XP Pro instance on VMware. The firewire-to-SCSI bridge I use (since even Macs haven't used SCSI in about ten years) can be assigned to Windows. Haven't had to use it in a few years, but I have a ton of archived film so am not getting rid of the scanner in case I want to scan something one day. VMs are great for legacy uses like this.
Otherwise I've mostly used CentOS or Ubuntu in VMware for work, and some Windows software (for embedded systems). But my current work doesn't need any of that so mostly this is now for small hobby projects. (My latest is a nanowatt PIC with an 3-axis accelerometer that attaches to a camera and detects vibration/sway, and blocks the shutter release until it's still. For shooting in windy conditions.)
By the way, serial is no problem at all. Get a USB-to-serial and assign it to the VM. I do this all the time for everything from console ports to JTAG bitbangers.
