Valter, you said "I have installed OSX 10.9 Mavericks, and most software has a version for it (you might have to look for it in some archives, though)."
What I meant by my question is that I want to know WHICH archives you look in! AFAIK it's not the Apple website Developers area, not MacIntosh Garden, not MacIntosh Repository, and not oldversion.com either! Some people might be using software they originally downloaded years ago from the Apple Appstore, but it seems that you can install software you've never installed before. Where do you get it? Recently, I've been looking at some vintage MacIntosh computers on eBay, as the type of Macs I never knew, but I think it would probably be a stupid idea to buy any. I used to own a Blueberry iMac (1999) and a MacPro "Quicksilver" (2000), but recently I've been looking at some 68000-68040 based Macs. I think a good money saving tip is to get or make a keyboard and a mouse for a retro computer that you've heard was absolutely amazing, connect it to a computer which can run an emulator for that computer, then you can save a fortune! On Wed, 19 May 2021 at 05:29, Valter Psicof <[email protected]> wrote: > >I still don't know what people with Macs older than 2012 manage to do > >with them. Would someone like to explain? > > I'm still using an Early 2009 24" iMac. It's going great (although > upgraded with 8 GB Ram and 1 TB HD). > I have installed OSX 10.9 Mavericks, and most software has a version for > it (you might have to look for it in some archives, though). > > The only thing I'm not using it for anymore, it's gaming (I bought a PC > for that). > Everything else, work included, I'm doing on this Mac - even if it's now > 12 years old :-) > Adobe Creative Suite CS6, MS Office 2011, Firefox, Thunderbid, VLC, > Calibre, etc., they all work flawlessly - if a bit slowly sometimes. > > Sure, if you want to run the latest software you need something newer... > but most of the time, if I look around I can find a suitable software that > still runs in OSX 10.9. And if it doesn't... usually I don't really need > it. > > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a > group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/imaclist/DCCA5EB6.10EE0%25valter.psicof%40gmail.com > . > -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/imaclist/CAP17ERDmbyTmvfQyfO127taRwt28_nCbt1QacbTg5HSL0Ftzkg%40mail.gmail.com.
