--- John England <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I think you're missing something of far greater
> importance than the look
> > and feel of OS X and that's the fact that
> Macintosh users FINALLY have a
> > true fully pre-emptive multitasking, multi-user
> OS. The fact that it took
> > Apple this long is truly pathetic. Or do you LIKE
> having to wait for files
> > to finish copying before you can do anything
> productive?
>
> Multitasking...something us Amiga heads take for
> granted, hehe! I love being
> able to empty the trash, copy multiple files, format
> a disk, send a fax AND
> print a document all at once!! Once the bugs are
> ironed out of OS X, I will
> gladly take the plunge.
> --
> John England
>
John,
Sniff. . .I miss my Amiga 1200/040 now. :( I ended
up selling it in '97 after finally accepting
Commodore's demise. Please don't yell at me. . .it
was the hardest decision of my life. I'll always miss
my trusty Amiga. But on to all this multitasking talk
and OS X. Being a native Amiga user since '86 and Mac
user since '87. . .(yea, I'm a computer geek), I can
honestly say that yes. . .multitasking is nice, and
I'm glad Apple has finally introduced the technology
to the Mac platform. . .and I'm impressed overall at
the "look and feel" of OS X. But that's where it
ends. I can't help but be pissed off over Apple's
"unsupported" crap and calling my modern OS (9.0.4)
"Classic" and basically saying, "you want X. . .spend
another thousand and you'll get it". When I bought OS
9 when it came out I was excited. I was looking
foward to all the promises of version 10 with
multitasking and UNIX driven technology. . .I couldn't
wait to use my upgrade coupon I got with 9. . .like
I've done for years when moving up the OS scale.
Then, OS X is announced. . .and so is Apple's offical
statement saying basically that my PowerMac 9500/150
that cost me $5,000.00 in '96 is now a paper weight. .
.upgrade to a whole new computer. I was apalled. I
wanted to slap Steve Jobs. I wanted to sell all of my
computer stuff and just live modemless on some island.
But, being a thick skinned former Amiga user, I got
over it and so did Sonnett, who now offers a plugin
giving all of us who are unsupported a chance to run
OS X. Please let me know those of you who take this
route about your experiences. As far as being
"unsupported". . .well let me just say that Apple has
NEVER been able to help me in a problem since '87.
They either hang up on me, or tell me to upgrade. In
otherwords, I'm pissed at Apple, but I'll live. :)
Jess Batiz
PowerMac 9500/150, stock 604 processor, 2gigHD,
1gigHD, USB PCI card, OS 9.0.4, 128 megs of RAM,
Compaq 19" monitor and Compaq 17" monitor, 19" hooked
to Voodoo 5, 17" hooked to stock ATI Mach 64, UMAX
scanner, EPSON 640 printer, and tons of software.
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