I agree that Mountain Lion is a pain in the posterior to any old time, Mac Proficient, Senior. That being the case, I use my new Mac Pro Tower, 1.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Chip for email and certain projects … BUT , I keep my Quicksilver with AirPort/Wifi turned off for my finances and investments. It runs Leopard OS11.5.8 and Quicken 2007 PLUS ) It has the discontinued Apple Works 6.2.9 on it.
It seems that everything New Apple comes up with … drops a feature that I had used everyday. Such as back then, Macro's on Apple Works word processing (which really chapped my tail) … and then, they dropped Apple Works). With Mountain Lion's Pages there are also no Macro's. In can't find a way to increase the Print size in incoming Mail, etc. etc. For that matter, I know of a person (very much more Macintosh Knowledgeable than me) that does high end home remodeling. He stayed with OS9.2.2 in his business, because: he had all the drafting software and I quote, "I don't have time to waste learning a New System and all the short cuts every time Apple changes the OS. The older software that I own does the job just fine." In my case, All my envelopes, Letter heads, lists, contracts, etc are Apple Works documents. Pages is too similar to MicroSuck WORD to me … And I rejected "Werd" many years back. For writing, I changed to Nisus Writer Pro years ago. To submit a manuscript, which MS Werd is the only thing most editors will accept these days, Nisus writer will convert it to MS Werd for submission. RHB If you think a computer is saving you time … I have some underwater, swampland lots you might be interested in buying. ~ The Ole Curmudeon On Jan 10, 2013, at 10:10 AM, John Carmonne <carmo...@aol.com> wrote: > > On Jan 10, 2013, at 6:11 AM, Valter Prahlad wrote: > >> Il giorno 10/01/13 06:58, Kris Tilford ha scritto: >> >>>> I am also getting a copy of Snow Leopard >>> >>> Skip straight to Mountain Lion. >> >> I respectfully disagree. >> First, if you don't know the OP needs, how could you know what's best for >> him? >> Second, Snow Leopard has - at least - a couple benefits over Lion / M.Lion: >> - SL can still run PPC applications (via Rosetta) >> - the interface is - IMHO - better and clearer. >> >> I had to use a Lion-equipped Mac, and I was lost! :-o >> The user interface and Finder didn't behave like I was used to; Mac's user >> friendliness my @ss! > > > >> (and I'm a long time Mac user, no newbie) >> >> Thus no, newer is NOT always better. ;-) >> > -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
