[Ti] Who's still using 9?

[Bill Reburn]

On 6/18/03 1:44 AM, "Simon Chapman" <sc at pr100.com> wrote:

> At 11:09 pm -0500 17/6/03, Bill Reburn wrote:
>> Turf that crap (Classic that is) - your day has arrived. Quark 6 is on the
>> streets (well.. Next couple days anyway)
> 
> You must be kidding. It always takes Quark a year to discover how to fix
> their dot-O releases. Only fools rush in....

Buggy maybe - but personally the issues with Quark/Classic (we're not
talking about running in OS9) for me far outweighed the benefits of staying
with Quark anyway.. Moved to ID a long long time ago.. Not looking back. I
hear too many talking like OSX is still 'in waiting' or something.. The
tools to do the job are out there - use them.. Or not. OS9 is d-e-a-d for
me. This whole argument made the rounds when System 7 came along.. And when
Mac's went PPC.. If you choose to live in the past, good luck with that.

Many refuse to even jump to Quark 5 (I did) it was BARELY an upgrade to 4.11
- but when you have an investment to protect, buying out of date software is
not an option.. Especially those who own Non OS9 bootable machines. Who in
their right mind would spend $6000+ on a new tower and gear and then spend
another $1000 on software that isn't supported by the currently installed
OS?? If you have an old machine, then I guess you have to work with what
works.

> What's more, I rely heavily on some 15 third party XTensions, of which
> precisely none is available to run in Quark 6, and some may never run. Even
> if they were all available, it would cost a shedload of bucks to buy all
> the upgrades.
> I shall be running Os 9 as my primary system for a long time yet.
> 
> Simon

Whatever gets you there. But I stand by my response to anyone using 9 for
that odd - once in a while job.. There are too many solutions out there to
replace Quark. Damn, even Corel (shudder) is ahead of the game with OSX. So,
Stone Studio, ID, Corel.. Quark who? As for buying all those Xtensions..
Ouch, sucks to be you. With the new coding, you'll have to upgrade each and
every one of them - I hope there are some generous programmers out there.



Bill Reburn
Associate Member of the
Society of Graphic Designers
of Canada : MB Chapter