It always amazes me when people want spec info on macs.... and don't think to look at Apple's own website.
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86209> details which Macs are OS X-only. On Thursday, February 27, 2003, at 02:57PM, Mary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >At 2:26 PM -0500 2/27/03, J Patrick Draine wrote: > >>On Thursday, February 27, 2003, at 12:24 PM, Mary wrote: >> >> > [..] But there is a growing number of Macs out >> > there, bought this year, that won't boot in 9. >> >>I'm wondering if most of these aren't problems that can be fixed by >>DiskWarrior etc. Months ago I was having problems with 9.2.x refusing >>to boot but after a couple reinstalls, a session with DW cleared it up. > >Sure, I understand that it can happen (for various reasons) that a user can't get 9 >to boot on an OS 9-bootable machine. > >But I was actually referring to the models that won't boot 9 because it's no longer >possible to do so. > >Such as the ones detailed in the Small Dog info you helpfully provided: > >>PowerBook (12-inch) >>PowerBook (17-inch) >>Power Mac G4 (FW 800) >>iMac (Flat Panel) serial number xx305xxxxxx or later >>iMac (17-inch 1 GHz) > >I know of a few people who have bought a 15" LCD iMac that can't boot into 9. I see >that eMacs are not included (yet?) so I guess Bryce is good to go with 9 on his eMac. > >Mary -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
