[G4] Panther or Tiger?

[Anne Keller-Smith]

Hi, Tony -

My plan is when this machine malfunctions, I'll send it off for repair 
or junk it,
then buy the next Mac with whatever OS is on it.

Only question: will my programs work on the new OS with Intel? I think, 
maybe just
not as fast as possible with upgrades.

Need to upgrade programs, too!

On Tuesday, February 14, 2006, at 06:00 PM, Tony Johansen wrote:

> On 15/2/2006 2:55 AM, "Anne Keller-Smith" <earthpigz at earthlink.net> 
> wrote:
>
>  maybe just skip to
>> Panther or Tiger?
>
>
> Anne, in your case it would appear going to Panther is advisable. 
> 10.3.9 is
> a perfectly beautiful OS and every piece of software I have come 
> across so
> far is designed for 10.3.9 and Tiger. Your longer term problem is that 
> this
> will change eventually, and quite likely as soon as the release of 
> Leopard.
>
> Frankly you are in a technological hole with no way out. It is time to 
> start
> thinking longer term and eventually eliminating the need to use older
> systems.
>
> Without it really going through the fanfare of revolutionary hype, we 
> are
> experiencing the benefits of more GB and faster processors that has 
> allowed
> the evolution of increasingly sophisticated ways of doing things. It 
> seems
> that this is not always compatible with older things and engineers
> eventually have to cut off the older parts that are hindering the 
> forward
> journey.
>
> Older systems are feeling this bite very strongly now. For example 
> none of
> the major web browsers are available for download in a OS 9 compatible
> version any more. Increasingly OS 9 will become more and more isolated 
> from
> the main computing world until it is of value only to collectors of 
> historic
> machines.
>
> The move to Intel will fairly quickly result in the same thing 
> happening to
> Tiger and Panther I suspect, but you will have enough useful time to 
> make
> the move worthwhile.
>
> All the best, and enjoy the upgrade,
>
> Tony
> http://www.tonyjohansen.com
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