It appears that chris, [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote: >>Thanks, Chris. I'm following this because if and when I get an Intel >>machine, I will want to do PPC on it. > >just curious, why would you still want classic PPC support? > >Do you still depend on classic software other than Emailer, and which >doesn't offer an OS X updated version? > >Remember, the Intel macs can still run PPC software, it just needs to be >OS X compatible PPC software (ie: anything Cocoa or Carbon... anything >that can run in OS X natively)
I would want to have the equivalent of a dual-boot machine. I would want to run OS 8.6/9.x a lot of the time. I am much more comfortable in that environment, plus I have tons of great old inits. I do all my page layout in the lean & mean 1988 Ready-Set-Go 4.5a (516k) which will do just about anything that the "big boys" do. If I need to get the output across to OSX or Windows, I use "Print-to-PDF." Many other programs, lots of games. So I need or want the OSX environment just occasionally. Plus I'd have to spend a fortune to duplicate it all in OSX, and some things have no equivalents. Or, in short, I'd rather fight than switch. Happy as a clam right now. I suppose using 68k might work, but wouldn't PPC be better?? Some of my stuff is Carbon, maybe 30%. Who knows when I might get an Intel machine, but I might be forced to it one of these days, and I want to be knowledgeable and ready. For the time being, I'll just keep using my trusty PowerBook G3 Kanga, which is doing everything in style, including wireless internet with my PCMCIA card from MacWireless. If anything comes up that I really need an Intel machine for, I can get it and use two machines. But I want to be aware if it is practical to kill two birds with one stone. Maybe some of this dialog will help other retards out there. (Definition of dialog: two monologs) Best regards, Bill _______________________________oOo______________________________ William D. Bandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Zephyr Cove NV USA ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
