>Also, if you are still using >Classic a lot in OS X, please give me those reasons as well.
I use Classic in OS X full time. But only for one program. Claris Emailer. I do this because so far, I've not found any other email client that is as nice and as easy to use as Emailer. I've even gone so far as to hack Emailer to give it abilities it never had in the past, just to keep it operating with current situations (I've added the ability to use two @ signs in the Email Account, so you can have usernames that are the full email address... I've also added SMTP Authentication to it so I can continue to send email with current mail server setups). If it wasn't for Emailer, I would be unlikely to use Classic at all on my OS X machine. That is the only app that uses it currently (I do have a handful of others installed, like Avery's MacLabel Pro software, but I rarely if ever use it, and if I lost Classic, I'd just find a replacement program). If/When Classic dies, I will be upset at the loss of Emailer. And that will make me hesitate to upgrade my computer to something that forces it from me (or, maybe it will be the driving force for me to finally get off my butt and write an OS X native clone of Emailer). At my office, I have a PM 9600 with a G3 upgrade (soon to be G4, I have the card, I just haven't had time to install it). I could be running OS X on that machine, but I'm not. I've often thought about it, and I may still do it in the future, but as of right now, I'm sticking with OS 9. The primary reason is the effort involved to upgrade all the software to OS X versions. The machine does exactly what I need of it right now, so I really won't gain anything by moving it to OS X. And the machine is reasonably stable (I crash maybe once a week, which is far more then my OS X machine goes down, which is... um... well, I'm not sure when the last time it did that was... Classic crashes often, but OS X itself just keeps humming along). It isn't so much a love of OS 9 that keeps me on it, but a lack of a valid reason to go thru the effort to make the switch. OS X is nice, but not so nice that I feel the need to spend that kind of time and resources doing the upgrade. Plus there are a handful of non OS X compatible things I'd have to find ways around (my Priority Mail label printer uses a serial PowerPrint adaptor and a non native application I wrote... I can port the application easily enough, but I don't think the serial PowerPrint works under OS X... nor do I think my CoStar label printer works, and I'm sure my SCSI Umax scanner doesn't either... none are impassible opsticals, and if I had to upgrade them I would and could likely find fairly easy replacements... but if I don't have to, why should I subject myself to that heartache). -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
