At 6:36 PM +0200 6/6/02, Johannes Gebauer wrote: >On 06.06.2002 17:27 Uhr, Alan Smith wrote > >> Dear List, >> >> (I have just re-subscribed after a couple of months' absence, so please >> excuse me if this one has already been discussed.) >> >> When may we expect to see Finale for Mac OSX? Finale 2002 is about the >> only program I still use in Classic mode, and it would be good to go >> native, so to speak. > >You are not the only one waiting for an OS X release of Finale, but I don't >think anyone on this list can do more than guess... > >Johannes >--
I have been following the discussion of this subject (dear to my heart, as I wait with the rest of you) with some disappointment. I was told by a Coda person that the plan was ( I hope I am not breaking a confidence) that Finmac 2003 would be "Carbonized" and that a free update to 2003 buyers which would be fully OSX native would appear later in the year. Since I don't know exactly what "Carbonized" means (Does that simply mean that it has the fancy new graphic look?), I'm not sure if Coda is sticking to its plan or not. OS upgrades have been traumatic for me. When I change systems, all kinds of things that used to work don't, and it takes a couple of weeks, and several visits from my student Mac guru, to get everything working. It's been worth it for 9.0.2 - it's pretty stable, but there is still the occasional, and unpredictable, crash. I'd like to move to OSX for its stability, (and a new look is fun for a while). Most of the few other programs that I use are OSX ready. The question I have is: when running 2003 under OSX, is "Classic Mode" automatically turned on in the background when opening Finale, or must one select it. And, will there be likely to be a significant degradation of performance while in "Classic Mode" (compared to operating in 9.0.2) on a 400 Mhz G4 w/512 mb of RAM. If we simply asked Coda to answer those questions that cannot be answered by the informed people on the list, might they respond? It might be worth a try. Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham WA 98225-5836 (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
