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Originally written by I like fluffy kitties on rye:

My dad is only interested in a workhorse computer that will last a long time, and given the price range, I wouldn't mind some high end gaming on the side.

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Originally written by Delicious Vlish:

I'll stick a tentacle out and mention what the big change was for me.

I was able to summon a Fyora, a cryoa, a vlish, a battle alpha, and a plated clawbug.

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Originally written by Randomizer:

Unfortuneately as a singleton you have to fight them one at a time and slowly wear them down past that nasty magic barrier that reduces damage.

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Originally written by Majordomo:

Having recently 'tweaked' a stack of my old and now deprecated PPC Carbon (C) code so that it compiles ok as Universal, I think I can safely say Jeff is in for a fair bit of 'tweaking'.

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Originally written by Thuryl:

Well, my impression is that Cocoa and Carbon apps will still work, they just won't run natively. It's therefore likely that Jeff won't update them at all.

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Originally written by Student of Trinity:

Anyway, directed energy weapons have a basic problem. Lasers as weapons are just another way of delivering kinetic energy to a target, by using photons as bullets -- a whole lot of really tiny bullets. But imagine you have to shoot a bear with a shotgun. Would you rather fire a slug, or a shellful of fine sand?
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But you have to ask, Why do it the hard way?
I think the most effective directed energy weapon is going to remain the directed kinetic energy of a bullet, for a good long time to come.

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Originally written by Like Canada but farther south:

—Alorael, who would be shocked if Avernum didn't work. Supposedly the only things that will even be noticeably different are those that take advantage of fairly specific and high-end instructions. Even the snazziest new games have been running without many difficulties. Only things like Adobe's software have been disappointing.

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Originally written by *i:

With Classic support gone, Jeff will likely need to Carbonize the old Exile series if he wants to continue selling them for Mac.

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I'm not exactly sure if there will be any problems with using the current carbonized software on the new Intel chips. I'd be willing to bet they would work just fine as the new chip should support Carbon.

Of course, one can never know for absolute sure whether Avernum will work or not until someone actually tries running on the new chip.

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Originally written by Student of Trinity:

I have heard, though, that Classic is no more on the Intel Macs.

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It is my belief that, more than any other factor, perceived poverty in third world countries is increasing due to the increasing imports to these countries.

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Originally written by SoT:

[qb]The Fair Trade strategy, as I understand it, is to get consumers to accept higher costs by moral suasion, and then hope that this gives the growers enough income to be content with, so that they aren't tempted to futile overproduction. That may be the tricky part.

I realize that this is often a matter of providing the growers with a very modest recompense, far less than what we take for granted in the First World. But it is still grower contentment, and not subsistence, that is the issue. Because if I'm a coffee grower who is finally getting by because of higher coffee prices, it's not like I'm going to know my place as a mere Third Worlder, and accept the just getting by with permanent joy. Like any human being, I'm going to start thinking about doing better than barely getting by. And with good coffee prices, and me already being a successful coffee grower, I'm going to think about growing more coffee. And every other coffee grower is going to be thinking the same. In fact, it's a kind of Prisoner's Dilemma.

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