[Duo2400] Re: We can close this list now! ;-)

[Ivan Drucker]

>on 1/8/03 20:52, Larry Friedman at larry.s.f at mindspring.com wrote:
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>> I remember that, but I thought it was only on the Mega G4 Towers
>
>Well, it seems that Apple would make other Macs models, mainly the eMac, due
>to the demands of the north-american educational market.

As you say, they may well only offer the eMac with 9 on it, but probably 
to the education market only. The only reason that desktop G4's are being 
sold with 9 on them still is because Quark ain't there yet.

My guess is that all existing hardware with the exception of the two new 
PowerBooks will run 9 just fine, despite what Apple says. It is possible, 
if they really feel like being jerks, that they'll do something to the 9 
System Folder they ship so that it won't start the system and is only 
usable for Classic, but you should still be able to install your own 9 
System Folder on them if you've got a CD.

Any *new* hardware, including the two new PowerBooks, ain't gonna start 
into 9 no matter what. Since the 7.1 days Apple always had to either 
update the OS or include an enabler file to support new machines; It's 
why you can't run 7.5 on your 2400, or 8.6 on your iBook. The OS just 
won't boot. Apple's basically said that they're not going to make 9 work 
for any future models. Someone might try to hack 9 to get it to boot new 
hardware, but it sounds iffy at best -- who knows what kind of changes 
they've made. It would be pretty clever if someone could write the right 
enabler file to make it happen.

Ivan.

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