Re: [PLUG] R32 ate own hard drive -- recommendations for new purchase?

[John Von Essen <john@essenz.com>]

But they support non-intel os X or carbon apps, right?



On Nov 11, 2006, at 10:18 PM, Flint Heart wrote:

> os 9 is dead. intel machines no longer support classic apps.
>
> On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 08:56:52PM -0500, John Von Essen wrote:
> > I love macs, but... I was weary of intel mac books as I heard they  
> > were
> > a little buggy when they first came out. The next gen models probably
> > ironed out the hardware bugs, and the software side might be  
> > better with
> > time too.
> >
> > My biggest concern is if they run old classic OS 9 apps like  
> > Photoshop
> > (built in the RISC days). Not just run them, but run them stable. Not
> > quite ready to buy a new version of photoshop. Plan to rock version 5
> > forever!
> >
> > -john
> >
> > On Sat, 11 Nov 2006, Dayton Gray wrote:
> >
> > > I have been very happy with my PPC Mac powerbook. After taking a  
> > > look at
> > > the new MacBook Pro, I'm sure it will just be a matter of months  
> > > before I
> > > purchase one. The power connector just oozes smart design. Not to  
> > > keep
> > > kissing Mac iAss(TM), but they are very solid and I have been  
> > > extremely
> > > impressed with the design and reliability of the machine. Worth  
> > > every
> > > penny.
> > >
> > > Dayton Gray
> > >
> > > Jonathan Bringhurst wrote:
> > > > I recently acquired an hp nc6400 (won it in a raffle) and edgy eft
> > > > runs great on it. The laptop itself is rock solid and great as  
> > > > an all
> > > > around laptop (and pretty light too). However, I would highly  
> > > > consider
> > > > the macbook/pro if I was going to buy one outright.
> > >
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