Re: [PLUG] OS 8.6 to 9 and X

[Paul <paul@dpagin.net>]

Leonard Rosenthol wrote:

>         What TYPE of Mac?  Do you even know if it will run Mac OS X??  
> Many older ones will not... 


All I know is that it's a G3 tower.

>         Yes, you need Mac OS 9.x for Classic.  NO, Mac OS 9 does NOT 
> come with the Mac OS X CD - at least not the same CD.  Also, some 
> versions of Mac OS X, when purchased from Apple, did include a 
> separate Mac OS 9 CD, and some did not. 


A perfect explaination of why we're confused about this!


>         Is the person also planning on getting updates to his/her 
> applications, so that they will be Mac OS X native - or sticking with 
> Classic?  If the latter, why bother with Mac OS X?!/!?


I don't know.  Most of his apps run under 8.6.  Maybe he got something 
that only runs under OS X?

Is just going from 8.6 to 9 worth the trouble?

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