On 12/3/02 11:11 AM, "Bill Reburn" <bill at pacificcoast.net> wrote: > Here is something sort of funny > > I had a friend who believed - and shared the information with many - that as > of January 1, 2003 - OS9 would simply refuse to boot on any machine at any > time ever again (even if you set your clock back). > > So if you did not have OSX yet - you should go buy it and if you didn't, you > would be in for a big surprise come that particular Wednesday morning. > > Priceless. > > On 12/3/02 12:01 PM, "Kevin Stevens" <Kevin_Stevens at pursued-with.net> wrote: I wonder how he got that out of Jobs' statement that new Macs starting in 2003 would not boot OS 9. http://www.looprumors.com/ has I think a reasonable speculation as to why the newer Macs won't boot OS 9. Miles