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Originally posted by chabig: If you need a machine that runs Windows, buy a PC. If you need a machine that runs OS X, but a late model Mac. If you need a machine that runs OS 9, buy one that runs OS 9. Just don't expect one machine to do all of the above well. Chris |
Wanting the machine I just spent $1500 on to run both OS 9 and X is NOT an unreasonable request. You can't possibly compare it to running OS X and Windows on one machine. All the later Power Mac G4's and many other Macs from the last few years were dual-boot, so it can be done.
And I also agree with Cipher - just because software companies SHOULD be rewriting software for OS X, doesn't mean they all are. I would like to run UT and Descent 3 on my PowerBook in OS 9 and I can't. I can run them in classic but there is a clear speed penalty. On my 1 GHz 12-inch, UT runs about as well as it did on my old Pismo 400 MHz.
I'm sorry, but I won't listen to any of the apologists in here saying that Apple shouldn't need to include OS 9 boot capability. They do - there is a lot of great software out there that will never be made OS X-native. And don't tell me to buy a second new computer to run the stuff.