post to his weblog , Adobe ’s Senior Product Manager for Photoshop , John Nackhas postedan opinion on Adobe ’s late presentation of Soundbooth — an audio lotion targeted at originative pros , currently in beta - testing . It ’s Adobe ’s first app to deficiency support for PowerPC C.P.U. ( it runs natively on Intel - ground Macs instead ) — Nack addresses the issue .
Soundbooth ’s lack of reenforcement for PowerPC processors has raised the wrath of some Mac users and initiate likewise : Although Apple ’s changeover to Intel central processing unit - base Macs is consummate , the vast majority of Mac users still have PowerPC - based systems . Critics evoke that Adobe ’s decision to make Soundbooth an Intel - only app is premature .
Nack offer up a dissimilar power point of view . From his perspective , if Apple had n’t flip to Intel mainframe , Soundbooth might very likely be a Windows app only . Apple ’s migration to the Intel cow dung computer architecture “ pass water Mac development more attractive , ” say Nack .
“ Here ’s the world : Apple ’s migration to Intel chips means that it ’s easier to develop for both Mac and Windows , because alternatively of splitting maturation resources optimise for two unlike poker chip architectures , you may focus on just one , ” he wrote .
To pacify concern that Soundbooth is a harbinger of things to get along for future versions of Adobe applications that PowerPC - ground Mac users have already grown dependent on , such as Photoshop , Illustrator and so on , Nack sum , “ To put the freaking out to rest : the next versions of the CS and Studio apps are being built as Universal apps , and they ’ll ply nifty on PPC . ”
Nack reserves special criticism for pundit who have suggest that Soundbooth is an example of Adobe “ abandoning ” PowerPC Mac users .
“ Does n’t it seem like something would have to be before it could be abandoned ? ” he ask . “ Soundbooth is a fresh start , not a migration . ”
Nack — a avowed “ die - hard ” Mac drug user — also refers to “ that vocal little grouping of Zealot and meeting place troll ” he see as especially damaging to Mac users ’ reputations as a whole .
“ You ’re ache the Mac political program . You ’re hurting the Mac community . You need to oppress a small aluminium foil against those feeler of yours , because you ’re wound everyone concerned . You ’re making it hard ( and less sympathetic ) for people of goodwill to make the exertion to support the Mac , ” he said .
A disavowal on the blog internet site notes that the views express on Nack ’s pages do not necessarily ruminate the views of Adobe Systems .
