In a message dated 1/16/10 10:38:33 PM, [email protected] writes:
> According to what mis-informed source? I ran a Lombard on Panther for > several years without any problem. With a trick or two you can load > Tiger on it and AFAIK it should run even better. > > Yes, it is well known that Panther can run on a Lombard; that is not the issue. My friend likes to watch DVDs on her laptop, and OSX will not allow it using the Lombard's hardware...unless U know something I don't? > Classic by the way is OS 9 running UNDER OS X (as a process within X). > OS 9 is the proper term for running booting and running OS 9 by itself. > > > Yes, BUT I CHOOSE to call anything <OSX "classic" whether it is running OSX or not. Just my thing... > If this laptop is to be used on the Internet you should definitely put X > on it. Explorer and NetScrape barely function on many sites, on some > not at all. While under Tiger you can use Safari 4 which is the latest > version. > I installed iCab and the classzilla browser on the machine. She's a light e-mailer and browser, so I think she can manage with OS9. ...especially since itis being GIVEN to her for free...! ;-) Craig W.
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