OK...I am still using OS 9.2 on my PowerComputing PowerCenter Pro 180. I bumped the computer up to a G3 and it works just fine for the kind of work I do. (Quintet, mostly) I installed OSX on my wife's iMac so that I could get a chance to see it in action. For me, OSX is too un-Mac like to be worth leaving home for. Although there are some advantages with OSX, I am quite happy with 9.2. Finale NEVER crashes. I am still using 2K3b and I have no complaints...and I have no issues with MIDI. When my present computer starts to feel too slow for my arrangements, I will upgrade, but not before. I don't look forward to having to replace all the components in my present system. I like my printer and MIDI, and my serial ports too.
Computer companies are in business to sell you the latest models. Reminds me of the Gilette razor company. They make a great product, then they try hard to convince you that their old model wasn't any good and you need to buy another. Anyway, I still love my "outdated" equipment, and my "outdated" version of Finale. On Sun, 25 Jul 2004, Lon Price wrote: > > On Jul 25, 2004, at 10:43 AM, shirling & neueweise wrote: > > > > >> From: Johannes Gebauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Just out of interest: What is keeping you in OS9? > > > > time, mostly, for dealing with the switchover, learning where things > > have been moved, how the OS structure has changed, etc. also, i > > won't upgrade the system without doing massive backups, which involves > > transferring important files and prefs etc. to several zip discs (i > > don't have a burner or an external HD). > > > > jef > > It's a fact of life that if one is going to use a computer in his/her > work, he/she is going to have to occasionally shell out the bucks to > upgrade both the hardware and the software. I fought this notion for a > number of years, resenting the fact that we users seem to be caught in > a spending loop that never seems to end. But I finally saw the writing > on the wall. There's no fighting it. > > When I read an excuse for not upgrading, such as the above post, it > just doesn't hold water. Who in this day and age doesn't have a disk > burner? Or a firewire drive? These things are cheap these days. And > what's the big deal about switching to OSX? Like you, I was reluctant > to make the big switch, but after MOTU released Digital Performer for > OSX, and Coda released Finale 2004, I finally took the plunge, and I'm > never goin' back. Please don't be scared off by all the posts about > bugs in Finale 2004. I use it every day, and it has never crashed > once, and I've experienced none of the bugs people are complaining > about. I don't use auto-save, BTW, so maybe that's why. I do get > occasional crashes in OSX, but never in Finale, or Digital Performer, > for that matter. > > If you're new music notation specialists, why are you trying to use > antiquated computer hardware and an antiquated operating system to do > your work? I say get with the program and get back to work. That's > what I did, albeit kicking and screaming at first. > > No offense, just my 2 cents > ******************************************** > Lon Price, Los Angeles > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <http://hometown.aol.com/txstnr/> > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
