Hi Leon, Those numbers are accurate. Using my sources, some graphics firms are using Classic with upgraded G3s or maybe a G4. The Apple business strategy of promoting the 'digital hub' lifestyle assumes (among many other things) that the graphics crowd was placated with the release of PhotoShopX. Graphics is way too competitive to 'play' with the new and much too expensive HW and SW. Sound editing - you'll have to ask the experts - looks good on the newer machines. But I did see an 'ancient' 9600 with an audio (pro) card at an auction last spring of a CD factory. Niche markets - not your bread and butter, eh? Those figures you quote - what about the zillions of 'entry-level' iMacs sold since (?)1998 or '99 ? Cheers George --- Leon Sargent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In my reading of different newsgroups and email > lists I have come across > some information that I feel I have confirmed from a > little research on the > Apple site. > > If you go to this link > http://kbase.info.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/kbase.woa/wa/query?val=g3+kbd > load&x=5&y=14&type=smartSearch&nodes=&dateModified=&geography= > And look at the top downloads you will see most of > those are Mac OS 9 > downloads and articles where the only, well I think > only, Mac OS X download > or article is about Mac OS X version 10.1. > > I read in an article that Apple predicts that 20% of > its user base has X > installed on their Macs. They also state that 10% > of those use Mac OS X as > their main OS but that does not mean they do not use > Classic for apps not > upgraded to X or not written for as is the story of > Quark. > > I gather there are about 4000 applications that are > now running under X. > But at 10% of a user base it makes you wonder how > active X really is as the > new operating system for Mac. > > Just some thoughts on my mind at 3:42:35 in the > morning. Got to love the X > clock. > > Lee
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