Beg to differ, my man. But I think you would be hard-pressed to find an off the shelf Macintosh with anything but OS X preloaded...
At 11:24 -0400 09/19/2002, Chris Nandor wrote: >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/
