>I've actually been having this discussion over on the LEM-iMac list. > >My honest guess is, 10.5 and 10.6 will still run Classic on PPC hardware. >So OS wise, we are probably good thru 2011 (10.5 is due out end of 2007, >10.6 in mid 2009, 10.7 will probably be the first OS that Classic is >removed from, and that is due end of 2011). > >So we should be good for a while still on Mac OS X. However, the PPC line >will cease to be sold new by the end of 2007. So hardware wise, we are >looking at having to buy whatever we plan to own before then. After that, >we have however long we feel the useful life of the computer is (for most >people that is 3-5 years... my guess is, we push that time to more like >7-10 years). > >So really, by the time it is really an issue, chances are good all but >the most hard core emailers will have moved on anyway (we are shrinking >all the time). And for those of us that refuse to give it up, I'd not be >the least bit surprised if there is some other emulator option available. >There are already Mac Plus emulators available that will run anything a >Mac Plus could run, which would include Emailer (I don't know how well >they work with networking apps, but now I'm curious to give it a try and >find out). So there will probably be an option for those of us that >REALLY won't let Emailer go. > >Or, once I can't use Emailer any more, I may finally get around to >writing an Emailer clone for OS X (if someone else doesn't do it first)
All of this is very encouraging. Chris rocks! Bob Fowler North Ridgeville, Ohio ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
