no, but running the old os, which appears to be fine otherwise, shuoldn't cause the machine to self destruct when you go back to os x. do you think it would be okay if a tv set that had been used with a satelite was latter used with an antenna and then with satelite again, only to explode when hooked back up to satelite? that's the situation as reported with the new g4. it's unforgivable for apple to build in such a flaw on purpose, if they did they are stupid. this is going to cause allot of bad blood when people's new machines die from doing something perfectly normal. sure, it's not something allot of people need to do, but it's something many are likely to try, simply to run certain programs, not all of them currently run in "classic" mode under osx. in any case, the system shouldn't be so fragile that running a different os blows it up, after all, os 9 isn't supposed to be a virus, but it's doing more damage to these systems than a virus. just imagine if some twerp actually writes a virus to set off this bug, would you consider it the fault of the virus writer, apple, yourself, or all of the above? one wonders what happens if you run another flavor of *nix, it could be bad, it's definately stupid. i don't think trying to run an older version of windows or dos will blow up any pc ever made by killing the fans, even microsoft and pc vendors haven't built such a bomb, apple has, accidently and carelessly, and it will be a major service issue, it is a design flaw of tremendous proportion.
Bill Bradford wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 12:29:33PM -0600, Philip Stortz wrote: > > that's a serious hardware flaw, and frankly one they should have checked > > for. apple should fix it free, and should upgrade the power manager so > > it's not a time bomb. > > Why? Should Microsoft have to go back and do updates for MS-DOS 6.0 so > that it supports EVERY piece of hardwre on your new Pentium 4 2.2Ghz? > > OS 9 IS THE *PREVIOUS* VERSION OF THE OS. ------ -- "Promise me, promise me this day, promise me now..." he asked. "Even as they strike you down, you will remember: humanity is not our enemy. The only thing worthy of you is compassion...Hatred will never let you face the beast in human beings. One day, when you face the beast alone, with your courage intact, your eyes kind...out of your smile will bloom a flower. and...on the long, rough road, the sun and the moon will continue to shine." Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
