>I'm not a gambling man anyway, but I certainly wouldn't put money on >Classic surviving the transition. I'd be more likely to bet on the >triumphant return of Clarus the Dogcow.
I saw Schiller's comments right after I made my post. And I interpert them about the same as you... Apple *might* keep Classic alive, but if they do, it will be after everything else is already done and ready to roll AND if at that time people are actually complaining about a need for it. I'll be sorry to see it go, as that will mean I may finally be forced off of Claris Emailer. But I have to admit, I still use OS 9 on all but a few Macs at work, so I still use a ton of "classic" software... and yet other than Emailer, there is nothing I'm doing on OS X machines that needs Classic (and I'm the only one running Emailer, everyone else is either on Outlook Express or Eudora, both of which have OS X native versions). So even I, a heavy OS 8 and 9 user, have no real deal breaker need for Classic in OS X. My guess is, there is a technical reason Classic doesn't work already. If it was simply a matter of recompile for Intel, Apple would, simply because they can. But Classic may do some funny things behind the scenes to access the Mac hardware to fake an OS 9 Mac internally. And those things may be more of an effort to move to Intel. I think the final answer will come in about two weeks when the first Mac/Intel developer machines start to ship. Once developers have them in their hands, they will know if Classic works or not (at least if Classic works now). My guess is, whatever the Intel version of OS X is doing now is more or less what it will be doing when the machines are officially released. So if Classic isn't working now, it probably won't be working for the release. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
