But when Adobe killed PageMill, they also killed my book. I’d hopped on the Web publishing wagon early on and had a book about PageMill Web authoring software that did very well. It didn’t help that I somehow became an “expert” on productivity software like Word and Excel. It was a tool for getting a job done and that job happened to be to write about using this tool. The “cool factor” of the computer seemed to fade away. I didn’t get to play around as much as I used to. Although I still spent the same amount of time sitting in front of my computer, that was mostly work time. The time between books got shorter and shorter and I developed new interests such as motorcycling and photography, and when we moved out west, horseback riding and flying. But somewhere along the line, I got pressed for time just trying to make a living. For a while, I thought I wanted to learn how to program, but I soon realized that it wasn’t worth the bother with so much good shareware and freeware out there. Everyone had their own custom sound effects and used MacInTalk to get their Macs to read. Macs had “sound cards” built in from Day 1, so sound was always part of the Macintosh experience. I distinctly remember the sound editing software I used - I believe it was called SoundEdit - which enabled me to record sounds and edit sound waves. There was all kinds of shareware out there and much of it was pretty cool stuff. If I hadn’t bought it and learned my way around it so quickly, I would never have developed the expertise to change careers.Īnyway, back in those days, shareware was a big thing. I like to say that that computer changed my life. I also learned enough to get a per diem job as a computer applications instructor, so I quit my “day job” to pursue a writing career. I taught myself everything I needed to know about that machine and had a BBS up and running within a month. It was one of the first Macs to offer a color monitor option and it ran at whopping 16 MHz. Back in those days, the Mac IIcx was hot. I needed a hard disk and a bit more processing power than the Apple //c offered. One of the reasons I wanted it was so that I could start a BBS. My previous computer had been an Apple //c and the Mac was a huge step up for me. I got my start with Macs back in 1989 with a Mac II cx. One of the reasons I got into the business of writing about computers is because I thought that the things you could do with computers were very…well, cool. We hope those who used Airfoil for Windows can find other solutions for streaming audio.I rediscover the cool things I can do with my Mac. Nevertheless, the time has now come for us to move on. We did good work on Airfoil for Windows, and we're proud to have served our Windows users well for over a decade. This was not a capricious decision, and after more than thirteen years of development, we are sad to leave users behind. In recent years, sales of Airfoil for Windows have fallen below an acceptable threshold. While Airfoil for Mac still enjoys heavy usage, Airfoil for Windows is now less essential to users than it has been in the past, and that's a trend that’s not likely to reverse. Sales had slowed substantially in recent years, in no small part due to a move by Windows users to stream audio via mobile devices, rather than from their desktops or laptops. There were several factors which led to this decision, but the most important was the drop in sales we'd seen on the Windows platform. At the end of 2019, however, the time came to retire Airfoil for Windows. Over the next 13 years, across dozens of updates, we made it possible to stream from PCs to the AirPort Express, Apple TV, third-party AirPlay hardware, Bluetooth outputs, and Chromecast devices. We thus worked hard to create a high-quality Windows version of Airfoil, and the first version shipped in May 2006, a little over a year later. Though Rogue Amoeba has always been a Mac-focused software company, it was clear that we were uniquely suited to help folks on Windows stream audio around the home. The first version of Airfoil for Mac was released in 2005, and we quickly heard from many Windows users requesting a version for their platform as well. Users who previously purchased may download the last version of Airfoil for Windows from our Legacy page. We regretfully recommend that users find alternate solutions for streaming audio from their Windows PCs. While Airfoil for Windows will likely continue to work for some time to come, it is now officially unsupported. The product is no longer in development, nor available for purchase. On December 23, 2019, Airfoil for Windows was retired.
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