My wife just bought an iBook last weekend. Came with OS 9.2.2 and OS X 10.1.5 installed, full set of system-installation disks for both systems and OS X 10.2 on a disk set.
Uli > ---------- > From: Chris Nandor > Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 8:24 > To: Bill Becker > Cc: MacPerl Mailing List > Subject: Re: [MacPerl] Does this make it worthwhile to convert? > > At 06:23 -0700 2002.09.19, Bill Becker wrote: > >At 01:41 -0400 09/19/2002, Joseph Kruskal wrote: > >>> http://eletters1.ziffdavis.com/cgi-bin10/flo?y=eRy80E42SO0DUm0qUH0AB > >> > >>(1) Just to make sure I understand this correctly, does this mean that Mac > >>OS 9.x will not be available on OSX machines after the change? > > > >It is no longer available now. > > That is untrue. Mac OS is not included with Mac OS X, but it runs on all > currently available Macintoshes, and is available for separate purchase. > Plus, if you already have Mac OS -- chances are you do, if you rely on > "Classic" apps now -- you can just use that. I think Mac OS is still > included with some Macs, too (just not the separate retail version of Mac > OS X v10.2). > > > > >>(2) If so, will there be any easy way to run classic Mac applications on the > >>OSX machine? > > > >I think so. At least, I hope so. > > The Classic environment is not going away any time soon; you just won't be > able to boot separately into Mac OS, on new machines. > > > >>(3) If yes, how will it work? > > > >Details are sketchy... > > I am not sure what is sketchy. Mac OS is not any longer included with Mac > OS X. You can get Mac OS separately. You won't be able to boot into Mac > OS on new machines. You will be able to run Classic on new machines, if > you also have/purchase Mac OS separately. > > -- > Chris Nandor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pudge.net/ > Open Source Development Network [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://osdn.com/ > >
