Coming from Aaron, this is quite a revelation. If anybody has a good source (website, book, etc.) on reverse engineering - please let me (us) know. I'm tired of corps. like Apple telling me what I should do and like doing it. Cheers George
--- Aaron Willems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just read this on the Forum boards on MacinTouch. > It really sounds > like Apple needs to address the issue, and clarify > the matter for those > who need to run OS 9. I'm not one of them, but I'm > an understand kind > of guy. > > I'm incensed after calling Apple technical support > today to check that > the new PMG4 dual 867 would run OS 9 without any > problems. This what > Apple told me. > > 1) The PM was NOT designed to run OS 9, which he > claimed had been > dropped over a year ago (I'm sure 9.2.2 came out > more recently than > that!) > 2) If I used it under OS 9 the 2nd processor would > be disabled. > 3) If I used it under OS 9 the power management > would not operate at > all, lacking the necessary driver. The result would > be that the fans > would be on permanently, shortening the usable life > of the computer. > 4) If I used the machine under OS 9, Applecare would > not cover me for > any damage to it. Moreover, the tech support guy > said that he wouldn't > even sell me Applecare, having heard my intentions. > 5) If I looked in the PowerMac manual, all of these > details would be > there. They're not. > > I rang up the reseller who'd sold me the PM which > was to be used to > serve a MacAdministrator network. He spoke to the > senior technician > there who said that this info was bull, and that the > OS does not affect > Power Management. System profiler showed the working > second processor > under OS 9 also. > > This kind of deliberate misinformation is extremely > worrying, as it > shows Apple's desperation to get people using 10.2 > whether they like it > or not. It's this kind of underhand behavior that > causes people to jump > ship to another platform, not stick with Apple, and > ultimately is a > surefire way of facing law suits for > misrepresentation. > > Aaron W. > ===== /'\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect for open standards Love your neighbour as yourself. (from Luke 10:27) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com -- 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>
