[fpc-other] Re: [fpc-pascal] OT: Buy a Mac to develop for MacOS? Which one?

[Lukas Gradl]

Jonas, many thanks for your immediate and really helpful reply!

> (please follow up to fpc-other, that is the list specifically intended 
> for everything that's off-topic for the other lists)

Sorry - did'nt remember that there's a list for that, too. Subscribed 
that list now.

>> Or is there a good solution to emulate one on an x86 Linux box?
> 
> Probably, you can illegally run hacked versions of Mac OS X on VMWare if 
> you really want to. Testing subsystems like printing like that may not 
> give you the same view as an end user on a regular Mac though.

No - illegally is not an option. Emulating would only be possible if 
there's a apple-supported way...

> Note that hardware released after a particular version of Mac OS X has 
> been released will only work with that version or higher. If you want to 
> run older OS releases, this is useful to keep in mind.

Ahh - that's an important information.

What about FPC? When developing on a 10.5-System, does it need special 
care to support older 10.x ones?

Thanks
Lukas

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