GOOD NEWS I took the (what I think) is the BIOS battery out for about a 30 minutes. And after that I was able to get this Mac to boot up again. And then after that, I installed…

In a G3 iMac, the firmware is updated using Mac OS 8 or 9. You should be able to download the firmware updater from Apple's support site. Is it a tray-loading or slot-loading iMac…

Here is a description of what the firmware updater is. Scroll up to download it. Unfortunately, it states that you must be running OS 9.1 to run it .... hmmmm. It is critical th…

Quote: Originally posted by tooki: Is it a tray-loading or slot-loading iMac? It's a TRAY LOADING. Quote: Originally posted by tooki: In the former, Mac…

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Probably not the last OS...but the foundation is good for another 10 years or more. OS X is 100 times more flexible OS 9 ever was. Judging by the patents Apple has filed recent…

Quote: Originally Posted by Horsepoo!!! Probably not the last OS...but the foundation is good for another 10 years or more. OS X is 100 times more flexible OS 9 ever was. Ju…

Mark, while I agree with you - it's a good idea to be future oriented and not to let things languish - let's not give Jobs any ideas about yet another transition to embark on at th…

Quote: Originally Posted by Steve's Sanity Mark, while I agree with you - it's a good idea to be future oriented and not to let things languish - let's not give Jobs any ideas a…

I don't think anything is even on the drawing boards at this moment. Even Steve said the yearly flow of major upgrades is slowing and I believe that will continue, each major rele…

While I don't see Apple stopping the use of OS X any time soon, I do not see why they haven't already given thought to the future of their operating system. By what Steve said abo…

If I am not wrong Jobs said that Mac OS X was going to be the Apple OS for the next ten years… give it some more time

My estimation is that OS X will be the Apple OS until Macs run Windows. Make of that what you will cheers W-Y

What Os does your toaster or washing machine run..... In the future most programs will become web based, only thing you nedd is a clean powerfull browser or whatever it will be ca…

Quote: Originally Posted by romeosc What Os does your toaster or washing machine run..... In the future most programs will become web based, only thing you nedd is a clean powe…

Right now OS X is not missing any big, vital features. OS 9 was missing several - preemptive multitasking and a modern memory model with protected memory, to just take two. Apple w…

What we have now is a modular system with the underlying pieces being common to many different OSes. These parts have input from thousands of developers all over the world. So in m…

apple said they could get 10 years more marketing from the os x brand.

Quote: Originally Posted by Weyland-Yutani My estimation is that OS X will be the Apple OS until Macs run Windows. Make of that what you will cheers W-Y Not bloody likel…

I think OS X is here to stay, but I suspect over the years the interface (GUI) will change. 10 years from now is hard to predict. Just look at what has changed in the last 5 year…

Quote: Originally Posted by msuper69 Not bloody likely. Oh yes. I'm positive that my previous post will come true. cheers W-Y

Coming at it from a slightly different angle, well, a marketing angle I guess, when are Apple going to release OS XI, and how significant a change is it going to be over OS X? Obv…

Marketing, for sure. What arrived as Mac OS 8 was originally supposed to be 7.7. OS 8 was supposed to be the name for the next, built-from-the-ground-up, fully PPC-native OS. I thi…

At first the System and Finder developed very quickly, up to version 6. Updates were free, and noone really bothered about the version numbers. System 5 never actually existed - Sy…

Quote: Originally Posted by P ...Calling it OS "ten" but using roman numerals was a way to get the final X commonly associated with UNIX OSes without infringing on the UNIX trad…