Hmm,
While I do like your a) and c) choices, to be fair, Quark has announced
that the next version (6 I think) will be OS-X only and will not run in
OS-9 (Classic or otherwise).
Okay, here is the down-side to that: Quark is notorious at the "first"
version of a major upgrade being buggy -- to the point of being
unusable. But, the users that go along with it will have to just go
along with it.
(InDesign, on the other hand, has the bugs pretty much smoothed out and
is running just fine, but Quark will be releasing the upgrade pretty
soon.)
You do not have to rush right out and buy new Macs tomorrow or today.
But if you did, then I am sure there are a few folks in Cupertino that
would like it. The new Macs coming out after December 31, 2002 will not
boot into OS-9, true, but there are plenty of Macs that will be
available through dealers that you will be able to buy that will boot
into 9 if you just gotta do that. Cast your eyes on the specs for the
current dual processor line-up, they boot into 9 (if you just gotta) and
will be around for some time, one way or another.
By the way, has anyone mentioned that in InDesign you can set the
keyboard shortcuts to be exactly the same as in Quark? Or that most
printers accept the native pdf output files that InDesign easily
creates? (smile).
Jerry
On Monday, October 14, 2002, at 04:47 PM, Beth Ernst wrote:
> Ok, well that's what my understanding was, I was just wishful thinking
> with b.
>
> But before I went in and told those in charge we need to buy now, I
> wanted to make sure I had my facts straight.
>
> Thanks!
> Beth
>
>> ----------
>> From: Jesse Walker
>> Reply To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu
>> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 3:53 PM
>> To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu
>> Subject: Re: MacGroup: OS X only booting
>>
>> The answer is a modified version of answer a. The answer is:
>>
>> a1. After Jan 1 all new computers purchased from Apple will have the
>> ability to boot into only OS X. Booting into OS 9 will be impossible.
>> The classic environment will still be available though.
>>
>> It is important to understand that Apple is not going to slip in a
>> software update that disables OS 9 on your current machine. I imagine
>> Apple will disable OS through hardware of OF.
>>
>> But if your wanting to run Quark in OS 9 on a newer machine, now's
>> the
>> time to buy.
>>
>>
>> On Monday, October 14, 2002, at 03:31 PM, Beth Ernst wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not totally convinced that I understand completely what Apple is
>>> saying in regards to post Jan 1 Macs. So, just because I've gone brain
>>> dead thinking about it and so I am sure that I understand this, tell
>>> me which of the following statements (if any) are true.
>>>
>>> After the first of the year Macs will:
>>>
>>> a. Only boot into OS X. You will not be able to install OS 9 on them
>>> at all except Classic?
>>>
>>> or
>>>
>>> b. We can partition the drive and install both operating systems on
>>> post Jan. 1 Macs just as we do now?
>>>
>>> or
>>>
>>> c. I should just ditch Quark for InDesign and not worry about it. ;-)
>>>
>>> Ok, so C is not really an option for us at this time. But we are
>>> trying to develop a game plan for upgrading and I want to be sure I
>>> can allow folks to experiment with OS X, but that we can still get our
>>> work done on time too.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Beth
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be October 22
>>> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of
>>> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
>>>
>>
>>
>> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be October 22
>> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of
>> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
>>
>>
>>
>
> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be October 22
> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of
> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
>
>
>
>
The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be October 22
For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of
activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
