[Ti] Re: More MacBook Pro Questions

[Timothy D. Naegele]

Wilson Ng wrote, in response to my comments:


> > 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.


Yes, but Apple told me then that to have Classic, I would have to do a
clean install of OS9 and erase everything that I had just reinstalled.

As you can appreciate, when the HD crashed it hit like a ton of
bricks.  I even sent the failed HD to DriveSavers in Novato, CA, in
the hopes of recovering lost data, but I wasted about $1,000 in doing
so.

Thus, the idea of doing a clean install to put in Classic has not been
music to my ears.  That is why I was hoping that the new MacBook Pros
would come with it pre-installed.



> 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.



Yes, I understand that, but I have some CD-ROMs that require Classic to run.



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



Interesting.



> 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.



My PowerBook G4 is great, thank God, but the next move is the new
MacBook Pro, after the bugs have been worked out of it.



> > 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.



And I assume the newest Office/Word for the MacBook Pro will be
compatible with documents created on all earlier versions of Word for
the Mac -- hopefully.  :-)

Thanks, Wilson, for your comments.

Tim Naegele
www.naegele.com