[Ti] Re: More MacBook Pro Questions

[Wilson Ng]

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> When my PB G4 HD crashed more than a year ago, Apple replaced the HD
> but did not install Classic.  I realized that after I had reinstalled
> all of my software and files, etc.
> 
> I find that many times I would like to run Classic but it isn't there.
> How does one overcome the lack of Classic on the new MacBooks?

The OS9 install should be available on your System discs that came with your
PB G4.

The inability to run Classic is Apple's method of finally stopping support
for Classic. This is similar to Microsoft's method of stopping support of
Windows 95 and 98.

I just bought a Mac Mini 1.5GHz G4 for the sole purpose of running a couple
of my Classic programs.

There are still G4s and G5s available online so they are still for sale.
Apple also extended their deal with Freescale to ensure that there is a
supply of PowerPC motherboards available to cover AppleCare services.

> Any thoughts about the new version of MS Word/Office that apparently
> will be coming in a month or so?  Word is critical to my work, and I
> assume it will handle earlier versions of Word .docs (e.g., as far
> back as 5.1)?

I believe Office has had a very good track record when it comes to
supporting old Office/Word documents.

:-D   Wilson - Guam, U.S.A.

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