At 11:32 -0500 1/2/10, Dan wrote, and I snipped a lot.: >>I agree on the move to Leopard but I have found some glitches in >>Leopard on PPC Machines Specifically G5 2.7 dual and G4 MDD 1. dual >>the ripper program I have, Mac DVD Ripper Pro will not run on these >>machines. No problem on the Intel Macs. > >Please start a new thread regarding this issue. Include details, and >the developer's response.
And a previous point was made abut Apple making continued compatibility with Tiger more of a problem. But personally my problem is with OS-9 on this 8500 which I love. As for the original poster, the absolute biggest problem with older machines as a cost containment issue for the good-enough-for-me-and-my-pocketbook crowd is the unconstrained "advance" of the internet. An unmaintained browser becomes obsolete in two years and useless in five. If a five year old machine is not maintained by a software provider due to a lack of compatible development environments that older computer WILL become useless on the world wide web. (Can you still hear Henry Ford with his 6 year automobile?) I'm running a G4 sawtooth for graphics - Vectorworks - which in my retired state I can no longer keep current. Safari and Firefox versions for that machine are not up to the task. Classilla for this OS-9 box helps but iCab has stopped working. My "current" machine for the web cost less than a kilobuck new and the regularly updated software is all free. I have had it a bit over a year and it has been problem-free. It's a Hewlett Packard 64 bit machine running Ubuntu Linux. The graphical user interface, gnome, is more like OS-9 than OS neXt and I like that. But the UNIX command line interface is more like my life in 1975 than is OS-X and I like that too. The OP mentioned using a netbook, or was it a notebook? Ubuntu will likely run on any machine like that but Intel hardware would be preferred. It costs nothing to try it out. Well. . . you can buy a CD-ROM instead of burning your own with a really long download. -- --> So do we celebrate the start of a new decade at the end of this year? Or do the tens start at in January 2011? Was the first year, 0000 ACE, assigned Roman numeral I ?<-- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
