>This is the part I didn't understand, and I'm glad you straightened me >out. I thought Classic WAS OS 9. I also thought that "will boot only into >OS X" meant that it didn't have OS9/Classic capability. I'm relieved to >learn that I was wrong.
Nope... think of Classic as "Virtual PC for the Mac OS", because that is really what it is. Classic apps really have NO way to run in OS X... totally different OS. So Apple came up with "Classic" which is really just a virtual Mac running OS 9. Down to the point that when Classic starts up, you can watch the entire boot process go by.. happy mac and all. What Apple is doing is keeping you from having the option of rebooting into OS 9 only. They are going to set their hardware so that it requires OS X to operate. (much like many of the other macs require a certain OS version to boot). Although I have NO inside information, I can draw the educated conclusion that their decision to do this was for two reasons. 1: Tell the few companies that have not yet ported to OS X (ehhem... QUARK!) to either port, or take a hike (I think AppleLinks said it better with "Port or get off the pot"). and 2: By moving to OS X only, they free themselves from the hardware constraints of OS 9. OS X is a MUCH more portable OS when it comes to hardware support. If they can remove the need to support OS 9 complient hardware designs, they free themselves to start using totally different hardware structures (Intel based CPUs for instance). As much as people like to bitch about the OS X only booting... this day was coming, and Apple DID wait two years before doing it. Vendors that haven't updated their software in two years to support OS X are unlikely to bother to do so until they are forced to do it. And if they aren't going to bother at all... the get the hell out of the market and let someone else move in. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
