Have no idea what you are so excited about. I never said you could upgrade from 98 to w7...that was the point. XP and OS X came out within months of each other, xp a few months after os x. The big technology leap for apple was of course os 9 to OS X, for windows, the big leap is xp to vista..but not AS big as the OS X leap. Apple has made much smaller incremental moves foward over the last eight years to arrive at snow leopard, MS sat on XP and upgraded users at no charge until 2007 when vista came out. Most users on this list seem to be saying they skipped the vista debacle and thus will upgrade from xp to 7. This is a leap of 8 years worth of tech and my point was to expect to be able to upgrade in place was asking a lot...like asking apple to upgrade you, programs and all from OS 9 to 10.5.
If you calmed down and stopped the knee jerk reactions you might understand what I was saying. Calling everyone who doesn't tow your line a WFB isn't really a conversation, it's just name calling to try and end discussion. BTW, can WFB's own apple stuff? Do I have to sell all my ipods and my mac..and not get the iphone I'm planning on in September? Say it ain't so, I was looking forward to that phone. On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 7:28 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) < [email protected]> wrote: > Oh, really, Mike! Let's see. Mac OS 9 was discontinued in the late > 1990's. M$ was selling Windows 98 and ME. So show me the 98-to-W7 > upgrade or cut the WFB BS that twists the reality most list members > know. > > Both venders made their upgrade versus compatibility decisions (good and > bad). I personally think M$ stuck with DOS so long it ruined any > chances Windows may have once had, then they almost got XP'd to 2001. > The largest OS 9 to OS X issue Apple hasn't addressed yet (for me) is > the FTFF thing. > > Thank you, > > Mark Snyder > -----Original Message----- > Seems most are not mentioning upgrading from XP to 7 would be like > asking Apple to do a straight upgrade from os 9 to 10.6. All your > programs and settings too...why can't I run that program I've been > running since system 7 on 10.5?? > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
