Nolan, I too have an older G3iMac, still using OS9 for district email (until next year) and 10.3.9, but my Appleworks 6.2.9 runs in OS Panther...does it not work in Tiger?
Ciao for now! Cathy GREEN ;-) Atherton HS French 3000 Dundee Rd Louisville, KY 40205 502.485.8202ext204 fax 502.485.8985 cgreen1 at jefferson.k12.ky.us > ---------- > From: owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu on behalf of > NPfield at aol.com > Reply To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 11:18 PM > To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Subject: MacGroup: Advice on buying new Mac? [bcc][faked-from] > > Alas, it's time (past time) to replace my 4-year-old iMac Desktop G4 > (1GHz). My needs are fairly simple: I'm "retired" but do freelance > writing, occasional graphics, home video "production," etc. Not > interested in PowerBook. Speed and RAM are not critical (I have a 300GB > external HD). Price in $1500 range, give or take. Recommendations? > > This is going to be a BIG move for me -- my present iMac was a transition > from OS 9 to OS X, and I still run favorite apps in Classic. Appleworks > 6.04, for example. Goodbye, Appleworks, goodbye macros, etc. And my > familiar printer and scanner interfaces are bound to change. > > Anyone know when the next OS X upgrade will appear? Should I wait for it? > In the past, I've somehow gotten in on the last of models, OS, etc., and > spend three years trying to catch up. Of course I know the old saw about > anything being obsolete by the time you take it out of the box, but this > time I'd like to get in at the head of whatever's newest at the moment. > > I love my present system, but it's aging and I'd like to have a new one > standing by, so I can make the transition and have time to work out the > kinks (two weeks?), while this one is still running. > > Any advice most welcome. > > Nolan > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20060216/45aabf93/attachment.html
