>> The new Powerbooks only boot into OS X, so my question is this... >> if one has been buying upgrades along the way to say Final Cut and Office, >> how does one get them onto the new machine, given that the new installers >> look for a previous version, which would have been an OS 9 version??? > > a) Classic mode still works and > > b) the updaters only look for a copy of the software, it does not > have to be launched. I have an upgrade to Office X from Office 2001(?). After doing the upgrade, I found that if you move the all the MS Office Preferences files over to the new computer, that you can install onto it just fine. Worked for me. Pete