On 10/3/02 1:30 AM, Bill McIntyre ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said; >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>I think what he meant was that you could use older apps as long as they >>worked in emulation, but you will NOT be able to boot the machine purely >>into 9 and use them that way. > >That is a pretty much meaningless statement for me since I have never >seen OS X or its Classic cousin. What I care about is whether my old apps >work on the new computer. I don't care whether I "boot purely into 9," >apply emulation, sorcery, astrology, or prayer as long as my old apps >work. > >Perhaps the distinction will matter to me after I see what it entails, >but for now the important thing is whether or not I can use the old apps. > >Bill
What he is saying is, that, if you have a choice to boot into 9, then you never have to run X. You can still buy a new Mac and ignore X by telling it to boot to a partition with a system 9 folder designated as the startup disk. Booting into (starting up in) 9 on a new mac should be the same as what you are running right now. Classic is just what X calls 9.x. After the first, Apple is saying that new machines, will NOT let you ignore X anymore. Therefore new machines will require you to boot into X, and then run 9 apps in emulator mode. No longer will you be able to startup in 9, after January 1. Dave Groover ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
