This message was created with Emailer! I wonder how much money Apple loses by intentionally killing off compatibility with older software. First Apple killed off Classic with 10.5, then killed off AppleTalk on 10.6, then killed off Rosetta in 10.7.
People with a large software investment and diverse software needs -like me- are stranded. So here I am stuck on an old G5 running 10.4.11. But I can still run Emailer on this one machine. I still don't own an Intel Mac; I am sure I would have bought several by now if Apple left the compatibility technologies in place. Mike >Wow--haven't heard from this list in a while! > >With sadness, I gave up on Emailer ages ago, and moved to MSEntourage in the >MSOffice suite 2008. I have a decently newish iMac at work, and if Apple >announces new iMacs tomorrow (!), I will be ordering a new iMac for home, to >replace my 8-year-old G5, running 10.5. A leap from 10.5 to 10.8! I will >also update MSOffice, which means moving from MSEntourage to MSOutlook. >These MS products make use of a server on my campus, and I must say it's >very nifty to be able to see the same email folders and files from both home >and office. > >As the years have gone by, my once beefy G5 has gotten slower and slower, >especially when web browsing, etc. I'm looking forward to having more speed >and power with a contemporary Mac. Emailer was fabulous in its day, and >Entourage has its quirks, but I am resigned to marching off into the future. > >Cheers, > >Bob Fowler > >----------------------- >Robert M. Fowler, Ph.D. >Professor, Department of Religion >Baldwin Wallace University, 275 Eastland Road, Berea, OH 44017 >rfowler at bw.edu http://homepages.bw.edu/~rfowler >440-826-2173 (office) 440-826-3264 (office fax) >----------------------- > > > > >On 10/22/12 5:44 PM, William D. Bandes wrote: > >> Hello - hello! >> >> Alive or dead? >> >> Still plugging along with PowerBook G4, PPC, OS 10.4 & 10.5. >> >> Emailer working perfectly with 10.4 & Classic, enabling me to >> get a lot of fancy emailing done with the great old AppleScripts. >> >> Anything like it out there, for Intel and new OS's? >> >> Need Classic not only for Emailer, but the tons of grand old >> apps, desk accessories, and other files accumulated since 1988. >> >> Everything I need works in 10.4, and I occasionally switch to >> 10.5. Thank goodness for my old page-layout app ReadySetGo >> which has been rewritten for OSX but also opens its pre-OSX >> files. Other than that, my main apps are Graphic Converter >> and Tex-Edit Plus. My web browser is FireFox, along with the >> TenFourFox knockoff which is being kept up-to-date by >> volunteers. >> >> I let my sub to MacLife run out because there isn't anything in >> it now that pertains to my setup. I still get MacWorld in order >> to know what Apple is doing, but nothing there relates for me >> either. >> >> I could buy a new Mac if somebody would write an app for >> Classic. So Apple loses my money. >> >> Best regards to all, if anybody is there! >> >> Bill >> >> _______________________________oOo______________________________ >> William D. Bandes [email protected] Roseville CA USA >> >> >
