[HM] Re: need imac advice ASAP!

[Michael Winter]

On Friday, May 2, 2003, at 12:14  AM, Jane Sprando wrote:

> Roy, I don't have Fontagrapgher. The most expensive program I have is
> Microsoft Office, but I still would have to upgrade at least 8-10 of 
> the
> programs/utilities I use.

I know I'm coming in late here, but are they programs that "need" to be 
upgraded, or will they work in Classic? There's nothing wrong with 
running software in Classic. To tell you the truth, I'm seriously 
considering downgrading to the old, Classic version of Office I have 
(at least for Word). I had fewer hassles running the old version under 
Classic than I do with the new version in OS X.

Of course I've often threatened to downgrade to the Word 3 that used to 
run on my Mac SE with two floppy drives (no hard drive).

One other consideration, will this be your only Mac, or will you still 
have an older one around that boots OS 9? If  you have an older one 
that will still be around, will that take care of your OS 9 
requirements during your transition to OS X only?

-Mike