Why I see no need to adopt OSX

[Xairbusdriver]

mayo,

At least the functionality of Greg's Browser is sort of built-in with X. I understand he originally created it because he liked the abilities he saw when using a UNIX system. Of course, X doesn't quite provide the same functions as his way ahead of its time Browser (can one 'see' into a Stuffed file from Jag's browser?    )! Even the name was ahead of its time! Back then most people didn't know that the term would be usurped by internet 'browsers.'

[CyberPet]

When I bought my new PowerBook (15" GigaBook with Superdrive) I wanted it to be able to boot into OS 9 becuase of my voice aid software. This since I sometime can't talk nor whisper and depend on this software.

Well, I haven't lost my voice yet so I haven't been forced to boot into OS 9 at all. The only time I boot into OS 9 is once a month when I run DiskWarrior to make sure that my harddrives feels OK (Apple's own Disk Utilities isn't working too well ont it's own system!).

So once a month a boot into OS 9 to make some disk maintenance and I boot up Classic about every 14th day to run some old software (I think it's called Quark XPress).

At the end of this year my voice aid software is going to be released for OS X and about the same time (hopefully earlier) we'll see Quark XPress being run on OS X as well. DiskWarrior for OS X will be released very soon (if not already). So at the end of the year I won't boot into OS 9 nor Classic EVER!

Mac OS X can be very intimidating if you're used to OS 9 (or older), but with a few weeks using it, it feels like home, and when you boot into OS 9 you don't want to stay there long because it just doesn't have the right feel to it.

Since I don't have any "old" hardware as of december 4th, I don't feel OS X isn't ready yet. It *is* ready now and it's just going to become better and better. It's become faster and more stable the last 6 months and will probably keep on going that way as well.

OS X is like a house built upon a stable ground, come earthquakes and come floods. It'll stand steady on the ground while OS 9 and previous versions will float away.

[kelly]

Now that's several people that say they use OS X all the time and don't like OS 9.x  

"Once you use X you'll hate going back" so to speak.

I'm probably about 70% OS 9.x and 30% OS X.

I don't hate OS X but I don't "love" it either.

For sure it has it's strengths and it's certainly fast enough on my Dual Gig.

It's great for multitasking etc.

But I've got years invested in using the now Classic OS and I prefer it for most day to day things.

I'm just a lot more effective there. Jag still seems pretty "clunky" sometimes. My fault I'm sure.

Maybe I'll use OS X more and more as time goes on but I'll never "hate" OS 9 and before.

I made sure to get a Dual Boot machine. I knew this was coming 8 months or more ago.

Everyone is free to make their own choices. The Leader will even sell you a brand new Dual Booter for a little more.

I just don't think we should presume to tell others what they will or won't like.

[jcarter]

Wow, this is not an easy topic.  I am not young nor an expert; my G4 works like a charm with all my software and my printers, scanners, cameras, and so forth.

 If we are going to be forced to go to X, I will wait until I can(or need to) purchase a new Mac and not go thru the trauma of upgrading my machines.  But I can  be sure that I won't do anything without your advice,,,,, Keep this topic going!

[sokukodo]

OK ... my 2 cents: I'm a relative "newbie" on mac: this 'puter is my first after having worked with Windows machines at work for years, and I simply wanted an alternative ... 2 and a half years ago I took the plunge and bought this iMac 500 DV SE, installed a gig of RAM and never looked back. It came with OS 9; I had great fun with it (just surfing the web, email, etc.), and when OS X came out, I plunged again, and I love it! I have 9 on another partition, but as time passes, and OS X matures, I find myself visiting 9 less and less ... because of X's stability and bundled software (iPhoto, etc), I've bought a digital camera and am planning on buying a camera to make some movies ... OS X has expanded my horizons in ways that I scarcely anticipated a few years ago, and in fact, I'm buying the G4 1.42 and 20" display in 6 weeks. I am very enthusiastic about OS X. Having said that, whatever floats your boat! if you like 9, stay there, but I think that Apple is on the right course ... I've got pc friends (because of X) who are seriously considering switching ... I'm having the time of my life! Thank you, Steve Jobs!

[jepinto]

   

Thanks! Pendragon.
 
 [ 03-14-2003, 08:48 AM: Message edited by: jepinto ]

[cdub1988]

I like Jag, and have a copy myself that sits unused (long story).

Too bad I don't have the hardware to run it.  

Still kicking hard with:

6500/225/13GB/8.6-9.1/128MB/EpsonStylusPhotoColor600/HPLaserJet2100M/MacSense10/100(unused)/Dial-up(for now)/AWholeSlewOfClassicApps/

I've been thinking I may install Linux on it and run Classic via MOL. I really liked that setup before when I installed Mandrake PPC and it would actually run all right on my box that I have now (at least a smaller build).

As far as I'm concerned, use what suits your computing.

Tacit's absolutely right.

But if it doesn't suit you, don't use it.

Just don't expect it to be supported.  

Chris