Hey! Sometimes I just use the list to express what I'm thinking. Especially reading all of the recent posts of the past few days. After all the only people I can really even have a half-way intelligent conversation/exchange with are the people here. If I talk to my co-workers (half don't even own a computer) I just get blank stares. I DO consider myself truly fortunate to be able to afford the latest and greatest.....God has been good to me. I ALSO understand that is not the case with a lot of other list members. My situation is also somewhat unique in that I came to the Mac when 10.1 first came out...it was the OS that my first G4 867 tower booted into. So, I've never used Classic. It was a major pain for a while having to use Appleworks after having used Office on my PC's but I soon invested in Office v.X and all was better. I've always used Safari as my web browser, it had some problems at the beginning but they're gone now....why Apple keeps shipping Internet Explorer is beyond me (It was on the G5 iMac and this iBook when I bought them last November)...I simply trash it. I've played with Netscape 7 and find that it loads slowly and I dislike the built in mail part of it. I used to use the OS X mail app exclusively but since upgrading to Office 2004, I've been lured over to Entourage....I like it because mail, calendar and address book are all integrated. I especially like it when I sync with my PDA. Microsoft added an Entourage conduit that works really well with Markspaces Missing Sync. As for what you mention below, 'non-power Mac users....', I think they're probably few in number and when actually faced with the NEED to upgrade, they'll be pleasantly surprised at how prices have come down when they do go to upgrade and if they can't 'c'est la vie'. The iBook is less expensive than any PC laptop out there that I've seen....and I did some serious consideration of Mac or PC when I decided I needed a laptop. Apple will probably keep Classic around for the next few iterations of OS X or OS XI...or such time as they feel enough people have died off. But it will disappear. The continuing theme that I'm seeing is that technology continues to advance and if you're not willing to keep up you get left behind (up the proverbial creek...no paddle and hole in your canoe). Anyway, when you read my posts keep in mind that sometimes I just need to get something off my chest and I've always had a problem with 'tact'. Sad, I'm turning 48 in May and still haven't learned a lesson my 8th grade English teacher tried to teach me (but that's another story).
Tim On 3/2/05 11:13 AM, "Al Poulin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Tim! > > Classic is still of value to some folks here, me included. > > And what about all those non-power Mac users who do not even know about > e-lists like this, don't know about lowendmac, don't know anything > about their old Macs except how to USE them? What about them when > their old Macs die and they must now buy a Mini or an eMac or an iMac > or an iBook at least possible expense? > > Now, if you are happy without Classic in Tiger, all those poor folks > will suddenly have a new machine to which they cannot move their old > apps. Whoa! We can be part of the Macintosh elite in these lists, but > Classic needs to be in the new machines for another five or six years. > > Tim Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> None of my current Macs can even boot OS 9. Minimum system any of >> them can >> boot is 10.3.5. Where does that leave me? Oh yeah, I forgot, I don't >> use >> Classic......don't even have it on any of my Macs. I'm hoping Classic >> support will disappear in Tiger but I doubt it. > > Al Poulin > Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God, > proactive self-defense is for the rest of us. > -- Exterminate all rational thought. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
