That's fine for games, but it sucks for productivity apps. For example, I use an old 68K version of OmniPage for basic OCR. Why? Because on a quad G5, it runs unholy fast.
I also make frequent use of TiMIDIty, which is so much better in its OS 9 incarnation. Now I can have things playing in Classic while I, say, browse 68KMLA with TenFourFox. Similarly, GIF Builder is very nice for making simple animations from stills and I've gotten my workflow in it to be very fast.
Sure there are OS X native versions of these, or OS X tools that do similar things, but none that run as fast, and some require me to go out and buy them. So while it makes good sense to fire up my OS 9 games machine to play Shogo MAD (no native OS X version), or System Shock Mac, it really stinks for apps that you actually use. Classic bridges that gap better than anything.
SheepShaver, before someone brings it up, is a wonderful hack but nothing more. It's too unstable for practical use. It crashes intermittently on both my G5 and my Intel mini. Classic crashes only about as much as OS 9 does, which is sometimes, but not often with a tuned set of extensions and applications.
I also make frequent use of TiMIDIty, which is so much better in its OS 9 incarnation. Now I can have things playing in Classic while I, say, browse 68KMLA with TenFourFox. Similarly, GIF Builder is very nice for making simple animations from stills and I've gotten my workflow in it to be very fast.
Sure there are OS X native versions of these, or OS X tools that do similar things, but none that run as fast, and some require me to go out and buy them. So while it makes good sense to fire up my OS 9 games machine to play Shogo MAD (no native OS X version), or System Shock Mac, it really stinks for apps that you actually use. Classic bridges that gap better than anything.
SheepShaver, before someone brings it up, is a wonderful hack but nothing more. It's too unstable for practical use. It crashes intermittently on both my G5 and my Intel mini. Classic crashes only about as much as OS 9 does, which is sometimes, but not often with a tuned set of extensions and applications.