[Ti] Does not compute!

[Ric Perrott]

On Tuesday, December 10, 2002, at 07:52  PM, John Griffin wrote:

> And there are other people who simply find OS 9 more pleasant and 
> friendly
> to use. Should they not be allowed to continue to exercise their 
> freedom to
> do so? Oh sure, they can stay with outdated machines to run their 
> favorite
> system, but why should they have to?

Oh Come on. MacOS 9 isn't getting any fatter, it isn't getting any 
slower, in fact it isn't being updated at all. OS 9 runs amazingly fast 
on a 1GHZ G4 and those machines are available now, so buy 3 if you're 
afraid or you think you'll actually be running OS 9 in 2 years from now 
(hint: you won't)

The complete removal of a bootable OS 9 system is the final step 
towards moving the MacOS towards a completely portable system. This is 
the big step that needs to be taken if Apple is going to port MacOS X 
to Intel, and believe me they will.

Unix is inherently portable as are any apps written to the Cocoa API. 
It becomes jokingly easy to make an Intel version of OS X if Apple so 
chooses. There's only one thing stopping them... OS 9. Classic is fully 
emulated, so there's no issue there, but allowing a native OS 9 system 
requires a PowerPC chip and special Apple hardware.

Mac OS X is the future of Apple and the Mac OS. It's really that simple.
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Ric Perrott
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