My ultimate MDD project — #9

Post #9 by ianj

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Hardware
Post Date	Sun, 9 May 2010 - 21:42
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/my-ultimate-mdd-project.20502/

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Why a G4? And why a MDD? I explained that I need to run OS 9, and a maximized MDD G4 is the fastest, most recent OS 9 system there is - and will likely ever be. If I knew how to hack Apple ROMs to run on newer PPCs I would do it, but it is not possible. Also such a box is quite good for running 10.4 as well.

No need to limit MDDs to 10.4; they can handle 10.5 just as well.

This would naturally lead to the question of why I need OS 9... I use my favorite tools, regardless of what era they are from. Rather than being the guy who threw his PPC in the garbage an ten years later whines on some BBS how lame it is that he can't use Hyperprism anymore. Every system I have has peripherals and software which don't exist on any other platform. Do people trade in their old computer like a car, for a big discount? None that I know. So there is no reason to not enjoy running ones favorite applications natively, unless one is pressed for space.

It's good to see more people around with this mindset. Those who throw away their old computers only to complain about what they've lost down the road seem to be increasing in number (at least on the Internet), and the more I see it, the more confused I am as to why, if people like this computer or that software so much, they feel like getting rid of it is some sort of unavoidable necessity.