[MacDV] The New Towers - (formerly "refurbished G4")

[James Asherman]

KathyMac! wrote:

>Macintosh Digital Video List1/25/03 2:47 AMMacDV at lists.themacintoshguy.com
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>>If you can just hold on just a few more weeks, you will be able to get
>>a dual 1.25 GHz model for the same money and iLife and FW 800 and other
>>enhancements. Or a better dual GHz with the above for $1699 new. The
>>next generation Tower will be announced in less than 60 days.
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>The ONLY problem with that is: the next release of towers with the
>enhancements will be bootable in OS X ONLY.
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>That sucks for those of us who still love features of OS9 (and need it in
>some cases).
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>So, I guess the question is: Why can't we take home one of these new towers
>that are only bootable in X and wipe the drive clean, reformat it, and
>partition it with both 9 and X? I was told it couldn't be done but I'd like
>to know why.
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I'm guessing it has to do with things like ROM's and firmware amd 
customchips and such
that were not on OS 9 machines ,or are needed for OS9 and are missing 
from the new machines.
Jim

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