Hey Cory thanks for your thoughts on this.
I do agree with what you're saying here and I did seriously consider getting an Apple Powerbook G4 Titanium 1.0Ghz, which is the the last G4 Powerbook that can boot natively into OS 9.0 as you mentioned in your post.
The problem with that (and the reason I ultimately decided not to get one) was the minimum software requirement of the Apple 20 inch Cinema display I use which needs a minimum of OSX 10.2 to run. If I can't run the Titanium with the Cinema display, I might as well continue using my existing G3 Powerbook bronze keyboard as a stand alone OS 9 machine as I've done in the past.
I do agree with your view (and ians's point) that it's best to get the fastest machine that will run OS 9 and the best machine to run OSX, probably for me an Intel Macbook Pro, the problem is, getting them to work with the cinema display.
I have now successfully installed some of the OS 9 software I wasn't able to use due to them not being recognised by simply copying them across from a known good HFS volume onto the second Powerbook G4 (the one I'm on now). For the time being I will simply run the two Powerbook G4's alongside each other alternating between the 10.5.8 and 10.4.11/OS 9 machines whenever I need to access the OS 9 applications.
That seems a reasonable compromise at the moment as I can use both the Cinema Display, keyboard and mouse with both laptops.
Many thanks to everyone for their help and advice.
Cheers!
I do agree with what you're saying here and I did seriously consider getting an Apple Powerbook G4 Titanium 1.0Ghz, which is the the last G4 Powerbook that can boot natively into OS 9.0 as you mentioned in your post.
The problem with that (and the reason I ultimately decided not to get one) was the minimum software requirement of the Apple 20 inch Cinema display I use which needs a minimum of OSX 10.2 to run. If I can't run the Titanium with the Cinema display, I might as well continue using my existing G3 Powerbook bronze keyboard as a stand alone OS 9 machine as I've done in the past.
I do agree with your view (and ians's point) that it's best to get the fastest machine that will run OS 9 and the best machine to run OSX, probably for me an Intel Macbook Pro, the problem is, getting them to work with the cinema display.
I have now successfully installed some of the OS 9 software I wasn't able to use due to them not being recognised by simply copying them across from a known good HFS volume onto the second Powerbook G4 (the one I'm on now). For the time being I will simply run the two Powerbook G4's alongside each other alternating between the 10.5.8 and 10.4.11/OS 9 machines whenever I need to access the OS 9 applications.
That seems a reasonable compromise at the moment as I can use both the Cinema Display, keyboard and mouse with both laptops.
Many thanks to everyone for their help and advice.
Cheers!