At 15:33 -0700 10/5/13, Don Wakefield wrote: >OK, so I have finally accepted that my eMac has outlived it's usefulness and >needs to be retired. My question is what to replace it with? > >Cost is a big consideration, so I am probably limited to a core 2 duo iMac or >Mac Mini. Unfortunately my entire Adobe collection of software will still be >expecting a PPC to drive it, so I understand I will need an Intel machine >which has access to Rosetta (even if that access is via a virtual instance of >a "previous OS" somewhere on the hard drive.) Additionally, many of my >peripherals are FireWire 400 (which I understand could also present some >difficulties.) > >What machines and which era of OS Cat, will provide me as smooth and cost >effective as possible transition into the more modern OS world, while still >allowing the vintage applications to limp along for a while until they can be >upgraded.
My personal solution has been to continue with OS 10.3.9 on my G4. At that level I can easily talk to my SE/30 server running OS 7.5 and this 8500 running OS 9.1. But my rather expensive CAD software continues to work on the G4. Safari fails miserably and Firefox won't run a current version. For new stuff I use a cheap Intel box from HP and run ubuntu Linux. It talks to everything, including the internet, just fine. Replacement software is cheap indeed -- $0.0. It's quite OK to write your own code there and, with csh it's very much like MPW of old. There's no such thing as a sandbox. The lady of the house buys a new Mac or iPad once a year. I can no longer talk to her computer or even to the Apple cloud which just shields out the sunlight. Well, I probably could with an account in my name but then I'd have to train my fingers to navigate a touch pad. You could find an Apple iPhone and ask Siri. -- 1801 - Joseph Marie Jacquard uses punch cards to instruct a loom to weave "hello, world" into a tapestry. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
