This my be a little OT, but a friend of mine and I are still in the OS9
camp, and are looking into the purchase of a newer system. We both still
have PCI based Macs, but are feeling the pull towards OS X.
Question: What happens to the peripherals? Do I need a new printer,
and MIDI to make
It depends on what the peripherals are and how they're connected. I
recently bought an iMac G5 to replace my old G3 (still running OS 8.6).
The only extra bit of hardware I needed to buy was a simple USB MIDI
interface for the MIDI keyboard (I used the modem port for MIDI on the
G3). My
Lawrence,
I made this transition rather painlessly. If you have an older MIDI keyboard, you will need a MIDI to USB interface (and the appropriate downloadable driver. M - Audio makes inexpensive good ones - maybe $30 - 50). However, new (also relatively inexpensive) MIDI keyboards have
I am not entirely sure, whether you are about to purchase a new Mac, or
just install OS X on your existing Mac.
Here is the basics:
Old Mac, New System:
Anything connected by Local Talk will not work anymore or require a
LocalTalk bridge. This concerns typically postscript laser printers, but
Question: What happens to the peripherals?
Be aware that some of your PCI cards may not work. When I upgraded to
a G5 I had to send my M-Audio PCI card off to get it upgraded at a
cost of £50.
To quote from a sound on sound article on PCI:
Many Mac users will also already know a lot more
