"You know that eventually they will make it impossible for you to
stay with OS 9."
1. Mac had a change of microprocessor.
Windows did not.
The change was because although at the introduction of the IBM PPC,
it was superior to the Intel offering, over the years, Intel worked
hard and pulled ahead while IBM's progress was shallow. This was
beyond Apple's control and could not be foreseen.
To Apple's credit, after the switch to Mac OS X, they made it
possible, for many years, to run Mac OS 9 and OS X *at the same time*
on PPC machines; stopping this ability only after the switch to a
completely different microprocessor.
2. Mac OS X is far superior to Mac OS 9, and the new microprocessor
is superior to the old one, so you gain a lot by switching.
Vista is not far superior to XP. You gain very little by switching.
I don't think that you can run Vista and XP at the same time, unless
you use a third party virtualization program.
You can re-boot the Mac and run it in XP. Probably someone will
figure out how to re-boot the Mac and choose either XP or Vista!
There. Fixed that for you.
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Now you know why Apple is so confident about future OS X sales.
You may be better off following Mac user's favorite activity:
succumb. You know that eventually they will make it impossible for you to
stay with OS 9. Might as well do it now. Just make sure the Mac you buy has
all the right specs.
Now you know why MS is so confident about future Vista sales.
You may be better off following Windows user's favorite activity:
succumb. You know that eventually they will make it impossible for you
to
stay with XP. Might as well do it now. Just make sure the PC you buy
has
> all the right specs.
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