Re: [microsound] os9

[Tim Kugel <guitardo@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

wow - i too like os 9 (and netscape 4.7) although Jaguar is nice as well.
this leads me a question...
the upgrades that leave old systems totally behind...are they all so that
eventually the government computers don't have to work so hard to link to
yours? I mean a 64 bit bus goes into a cray supercomputer going  10 billion to
the 277th power with less work for the cray, than a cranky glitchy 12 bit bus,
right?

:))

Jonathan Hughes wrote:

> on 8/14/03 1:05 PM, Neil Wiernik at neil@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> >> you can use a disc utility [comes with macs] that will re
> >> format/erase/initialize
> >> the disc and then install os9 and it works fine
>
> This is _not_ true with all Macs. Most macs (and powerbooks) will only boot
> from OS X. Currently, the 15 inch powerbook is still bootable under OS 9,
> but the 12" and 17", as well as all the iBooks will only boot under OS X.
> There are also a couple G4 towers that can boot into 9, but none of the
> newer iMacs can.
>
> > YES. of course you can run os9 on any mac laptop. at least for now. just
> > format the drive clean and install 9.2.2 or whatever your pref. heck ,you
> > could run os7 or 8 on a brand new g4 if you so desired.
>
> THIS IS ABSOLUTELY TOTALLY NOT TRUE. You absolutely could _not_ run OS7 or
> OS8 on ANY mac G4.
>
> If you are buying a brand new Mac, check the apple site to see if it's
> bootable under OS 9. If you're buying a used Mac that's at least a year old,
> you're probably safe, but you should still definitely research that question
> if you absolutely need to boot into OS 9.
>
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