Well I've been following this thread all weekend and finally decided to throw my two cents in.
I use X on any machine I have that was designed for it to work on. Obviously my PB 3400 is on 9.1, but my Bondi iMac/333 is 10.3.9 and my Blueberry iMac/350 is on 10.2.8 which completes my home computers. As far as why I use 9 since that is what this thread is about. I will probably always stick with a PB 3400 for my personal at home machine because I *can't* put X on it.... or at least without using XPostFacto which I won't do.. she can't handle it. I will keep my PB3400 and continue using 9.1 forever probably because I can't afford to upgrade all my personally owned software to X versions and I'm kind of anal I guess. I keep my computers 100% legit. I run/work at a print shop and have all X on all my machines there other than one PM 9500 print server that will never upgrade because the driver that it runs (Heidelberg QuickRip 5.1) will never be upgraded, but it runs like a champ and just needs to have TechTool run on it about twice a year. I have all the up to date X versions of everything at work and really love InDesign CS. One of my many hats is digital prepress and I can tell the difference between 9 and X workflow. I used to lose 2 or 3 hours a week fixing problems that other peoples fonts and corrupt files used to cause with my computers. Now I very seldom launch Classic on my work machines unless someone used some stupid truetype font that X just won't recognize. Funny that it recognizes Windows truetypes but not some of the late 80's and early 90's crap mac truetype fonts that some designers still use and don't convert to paths.... but I digress.. I boot my personal iMacs into 9 for one reason..... Unreal Tournament. I won't upgrade my PB 3400 to a X capable computer because I still use Adobe Dimensions 2.0, Illustrator 6.0, Photohop 5.5, ImageStyler 1.0, Acrobat 4.0, PageMill 3.0, InDesign 1.5, ATM Deluxe 4.6 and Freehand 8. Now the print shop owns its own license numbers for all the newest software but all that older stuff is stuff that I bought over the years to use when doing on the side work, so every dollar spent on that software represents time I spent working at night rather than spending time with my family to pay for it and I can't see upgrading it when I can still do just about anything with my older software than anyone can do with the newest stuff and my little PB 3400 is rock solid. Of course I have to force quit a browser every so often but I expect it and I'm not in as much of a hurry with my on the side work that I do on occasion so don't need a G4 or G5 powerhouse.. I mean heck... getting paid by the hour on the on the side stuff... salaried at work :D Ok there's my two cents. Matt aka HamletUSMC http://www.geocities.com/hamletusmc/ Mac Addict since 1992 PB 3400, Bondi iMac, Blueberry iMac __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- 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:imac-list@mail.maclaunch.com> 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
