7 Jan
2007
7 Jan
'07
3:41 a.m.
I grabbed the first thing that came to hand and read
the
requirements. This is for Sibelius 2.11 (released 2002), which is
what would probably be classified as a pro-level music notation
package (at least my publisher accepts scores written in it). It
isn't cheap--about $500-600 and upgraded almost yearly--single-system
use is enforced by a rather elaborate licensing scheme.
Mac: G4/G3/Fast PowerMac, Mac OS 8.6 to 10.1 or later (not 10.0),
15MB+ free RAM (20+ recommended) CD-ROM, 80MB hard disk space.
PC: Pentium or fast 486 (Pentium II or later recommended), Windows
95/98/Me/2000/XP/NT 4 or later, 32MB+ RAM, CD-ROM, 40MB hard disk
space.
Although I haven't tried it, I suspect that the package might run
after a fashion under Win32S under Win3.1 on a 386, given sufficient
RAM.
This may be a chance exception, but it seems to me that the x86
requirements are a lot looser than the Mac ones.
In what way? "Fast PowerMac" can refer to anything down to a high end
603e (it would suck as much as it would on a 486, but still). "G4/G3/Fast
Power Mac" covers several generations of Power Mac right there,
potentially as much latitude as the PC requirements. And while you say
a 386 could run it, for that matter, a 601 might be able to too. A 601
can boot 8.6, after all. The software may even work okay on 8.1 given a
fat enough extension set, very much analogous to Win32s on 3.1.
So I don't see what's so restrictive about the Mac requirements at all,
frankly.
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