A while ago a question was posed if anyone was still on OS9 or older. I posted a response to say that I knew plenty of places that were.
Interestingly one of these studios has decided to go over to X, converting a few machines at a time and installing native applications to negate operating in classic. As my only experience of X was to find out how to turn it off to make my then new QS boot in 9, I have been an interested spectator. To my dismay the process seems to be quite a headache. Networking to OS9 machines is a major problem. Some of the existing OS9 G4 machines and the several beige boxes that do basic but necessary operations cannot be seen by the X machines. Fonts available in one program are not available in another. Setting up is a pain, jobs don't print, and to my astonishment, despite all I have read and heard, X does crash. I have witnessed it with my own eyes. One machine has been down for most of two days, a second is hobbling along hamstrung by network problems. With so much work going on this has proven a disaster and very late hours have been worked to get projects out - a nice bit of overtime for me :-) As mine ain't broke I don't think I'll fix it just yet. Just what I've seen. Nick -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.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/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
