I know loads of people still using OS9. It's easier to switch people
from Windoze than happy OS9 users. My brother is a DTPer he won't go
near X he hates it. Loads of musician are totally locked into 9 never
likely to change. This is the real reason the Apple market share is
stuck. The Switcher campaign really did work but it was aimed at the
wrong people.
On 28 Jun 2004, at 20:31, nhc_design2004 wrote:
on 24/6/04 12:40, Mac UK at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Some of you might be aware I'm a journalist, and sometimes I write
about Mac-related topics. For a forthcoming article I'm on the hunt
for people who still use OS 9, be it for day-to-day general computing
or on a spare machine that sits in the corner and does one specific
job (print server, mail server, music storage, whatever).
If you or anyone you know is in that situation and wouldn't mind
being interviewed, do gimmie a shout. Much ta.
I use OS9 (9.2) on my G4 Quicksilver. The only time it has run X was
when I
started it up out of the box to make it boot in 9. I don't know what
version
it is, Lion, Leopard, Cheetah or what, but at two years old no doubt
it is
several upgrades out of date by now. I have no inclination to go to X
until
absolutely necessary. Everything that I need to do now (graphic design
for
print) can be accomplished under OS9.
I work with several studios and with the exception of the odd machine
reserved for a specialist task all are still working with OS9. This is
simply because they have an infrastructure that works, they know how to
troubleshoot it if need be and in a busy environment everyone needs to
be on
top of their game. The last thing that is needed is production teething
troubles, searching for an OSX driver for peripherals, or finding
one's way
around around a system that appears quite different from previous
versions.
Applying OSX across the board would render a proportion of existing
equipment useless or require further investment in RAM, processor
upgrades,
when it can do its job perfectly well under OS9.
Then there is the shear cost of upgrading to OSX compliant programs.
Unlike
10-15 years ago most upgrades to apps do not offer massive leaps
forward but
just seem to add a few bells and whistles. QuarkXpress 4 is now 2
upgrades
out of date but is still in common use. Likewise I see plenty of older
versions of Freehand, Illustrator and Photoshop in use.
In my own case there are some programs that I use that have been
discontinued. Going to OSX would involve major new investment in my
colour
output kit which does a perfectly good job under 9.
OS9 is very stable, all my software works with it and as a Mac user
since
1988 my legacy kit works with it as well (I put a SCSI card in from day
one).
I'm sure OSX is a fine operating system but for plenty of us it is not
a
'must have' right now. I spent a fortune in the early years on enforced
keeping up. These days I believe in getting my money's worth out of my
investment. I'll go to X someday - after all I started with OS6 - but
that
won't be in the immediate future.
If it ain't broke...
Nick
PS This email written on a trusty 7100 under 8.6
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