Classic can refer to two things.
The classic OS is anything that is OS 9.2.2 or earlier, i.e. OS 8, 8.1,
etc etc. back in the days prior to OS 8 it was called System 7, or
System 7.5 or whatever, but it's still a classic OS.
In OS X classic refers to a system emulator built in to the OS itself
that allows you to run OS 9 or earlier programs. It doesn't take much
to use it- it has the extensions manager from Classic OS's and all you
have to do to use it is open a classic program (program written for OS
9 or earlier). Once you do so a window will open that shows that ever
familiar system boot up with the smiling mac face. Then the menu bar
turns into the old standard menu bar and you get to see that familiar
old multicolored apple menu with all the same old menu items.
Now, the system upgrade thing: You have the basic OS designation, i.e.
OS 8, or OS 9. then comes the .1 or whatever, which designates a major
revision to the main OS- i.e. OS 8.1, which offered several upgrades to
OS 8.0 like extended file formatting etc. Often times the major
revisions are paid upgrades, but this is not always the case. Case in
point- OS 9.0 can be upgraded to OS 9.1 or 9.2.1 or 9.2.2 for free,
assuming your computer has the specifications needed to run the
upgraded OS. OS 8.0 to OS 8.1 is free. To go from OS 8.0 or 8.1 to OS
8.5, however is a paid upgrade. Upgrading OS 8.5 to 8.5.1 or 8.6 is
free.
The main concern here is that you know your machines' specifacations
and you check the OS update before you try to upgrade. If yours match,
no problem, you can upgrade. Of course, it always helps to come in
here to ask which upgrades are worthwhile for your mac.
For example- I have successfully upgraded a stock powerbook 1400 to OS
9, but it did not work well because OS 9 was really pushing the lmits
of the 1400's processor. Another case- not many like OS 8.5 as it was
buggy and contained some other problems that actually damaged some
people's computers. Doesn't hurt to ask specifically about your
computer and any upgrade you plan.
Hope that helps,
Brian
-----Original Message-----
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To: PowerBooks <[email protected]>
Sent: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 15:07:42 EDT
Subject: Classic question
Hi everyone,
What exactly is meant by "classic" ?
I've seen both software and hardware that has stated compatible with
Mac
Classic.
Also with Mac OS #.X.X so does this mean if a machine is loaded
with
say..8.0 then it could be upgraded to 8.1 then up and up from there
or at
least
until reaching the limits of the machine.
Thanks
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