I agree. The true multitasking and protected memory in Mac OS X more than made up for the lack of surface level "teh snappy" pretty early on for me. When 10.1 came out I switched over full-time and never looked back...
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I agree. The true multitasking and protected memory in Mac OS X more than made up for the lack of surface level "teh snappy" pretty early on for me. When 10.1 came out I switched over full-time and never looked back...
I've come the PC world and Linux.
I worked for a company that was all Macs. I brought in the PCs for engineering work.
I brought a "bread dough" iMac home one day. Running OS X and I was changed. So my next PC was more like a Mac, quiet.
That was my last PC. It just died a month ago. iMac is the deal!
One day a while ago I ran OS 9 on one of my older Macs.
I understood why people really like/love the old Mac OS. Its simple and straight forward, kind of like your favorite well worn glove.
I worked for a company that was all Macs. I brought in the PCs for engineering work.
I brought a "bread dough" iMac home one day. Running OS X and I was changed. So my next PC was more like a Mac, quiet.
That was my last PC. It just died a month ago. iMac is the deal!
One day a while ago I ran OS 9 on one of my older Macs.
I understood why people really like/love the old Mac OS. Its simple and straight forward, kind of like your favorite well worn glove.
Looking through my OS 9 app folder on my G4 I also have Age of Empires 1, Yoot Tower, and ResEdit. Good times 
Did you know... That using Quicktime 6 (not pro) and iTunes 2 you can take a song and import a clipping from it down to the nearest second and save it? I did that with a bunch of songs last year and put them into a game. Just import instead of open. Very cool trick.
Did you know... That using Quicktime 6 (not pro) and iTunes 2 you can take a song and import a clipping from it down to the nearest second and save it? I did that with a bunch of songs last year and put them into a game. Just import instead of open. Very cool trick.
On the newest iMacs, is there ANY way to get OS9??? I miss the 'Oh, I, love trash! I love it, because, it's trash!' All I got left of that is an mp3 of Oscar the Grouch saying that!!
Could you post a screenshot - I'm having one of those retro moments
anyone remember where the backgrounds were stored in the resource files. I am trying to extract the background when you would boot up off a 8.5 or os 9 cd and it would have the blue "flying" cd's in 8.5 or the one from os 9 where it said CD in gold.
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Not completely true - it depends on what and why the software crashed. Not all software crashes or Force Quits take down the whole system.
I use a PowerMac G3 mini-tower running Mac OS 9.2 on a daily basis. I work for myself doing DTP, websites, FileMaker, etc. The OS and other software on my computer often opens, runs and is more usable than some of the newer Macs running OS X I use at other people's offices / homes, and that includes brand new iMacs (InDesign is slow to open while my version is much quicker). It rarely crashes, and when it does it is usually when using Microsoft applications, especially Explorer.
i still occasionally play with my os9 machines, its always fun for me to play with the vintage machines
It's surprising how fast they are as well.
When I boot up my PM933 into Mac OS 9, I am reminded of the speed and simplicity of that OS. So much faster than Mac OS X.
However, Mac OS 9 was getting a little long in the tooth. The original Mac OS was 10 plus years old and needed a major revamp as it had been patched, for a lack of a better word, too many times. While the decision to go with Mac OS X was good, I miss the feel of the Classic Mac OS.
Not only is Mac OS 9 faster (thanks to less fancy-but-useless toys like window drop shadows), but it's also a lot more stable. With the exception of Microsoft software, I have less problems with my PowerMac then some of the places I do work for have with their brand new iMacs (mostly refusing to shutdown and flakey Mail, although again Microsoft's attrociuous bad software seems to be the biggest culprit).
The best part of OS 9 and before is the little eyes that would sit in the menu bar and watch your mouse move.
Basilisk and a £10 copy of OS8 got me into Macs. Even cd burning worked on my PC. Basilisk was surprising stable for an emulator. Too bad the OS itself was crash-happy.
Just dug out my old disks for old times' sakes and fired up Sheepshaver. It is a bit less stable than Basilisk, but you can run OS9 with it.
I am definitely an OSX guy. Platinum was a bit fugly tbh and the less said about the system fonts, the better. But you can run Corel Wordperfect for Mac for free
Check out the forums on emaculation.net for the latest builds of Sheepshaver.
Just dug out my old disks for old times' sakes and fired up Sheepshaver. It is a bit less stable than Basilisk, but you can run OS9 with it.
I am definitely an OSX guy. Platinum was a bit fugly tbh and the less said about the system fonts, the better. But you can run Corel Wordperfect for Mac for free
Check out the forums on emaculation.net for the latest builds of Sheepshaver.
Not really part of Mac OS 9. That was a freeware or shareware extension you could download ... and I do have it running on my Mac.
Highly useful for knowing when a naughty Microsoft applciation has crashed - the eyes usually stop moving too, even if the mouse still does.You can get the same thing for Mac OS X as $10 shareware. It's called Eyeballs from Stick Software. (I don't know what versions of Mac OS X it runs on though.)
Vintage? Vintage is Mac512k.... OS9 is merely middle aged
I have some MIDI-related hardware, drivers and software that all work off a titanium powerbook running OS9 so I just leave the entire setup alone in a space that's pretty much its own. No updates, no connections to outside world, it's the closest thing I own to a living proof that it's best to let sleeping dogs lie.
Weckart,
Do be sure to try out the "unofficial" releases of SheepShaver that have been made this year and last year. They are much more stable than the versions available on the official SheepShaver site. Some serious bugs and crashes have been taken care of.
The main SheepShaver developer is sort of AWOL, so the good builds are hard to find...
Do be sure to try out the "unofficial" releases of SheepShaver that have been made this year and last year. They are much more stable than the versions available on the official SheepShaver site. Some serious bugs and crashes have been taken care of.
The main SheepShaver developer is sort of AWOL, so the good builds are hard to find...
wish it wasnt so expensive to get a dual boot titanium powerbook the idea to be able switch between osx and os 9 is sweet
So... I bought an Apple aluminum keyboard and am now using my iMac G3 600mhz as my full-time writing machine I bet this keyboard is actually worth more than the computer! I have been working on lab reports, etc. in Word 98 and it actually fills my writing needs 100%.
The keyboard is great, and OS 9.2 has been really responsive and hasn't crashed at all so far. Plus, the iMac hardware is really incredible. It's absolutely silent, even the hard drive has been swapped for a 2.5" unit so there's no noise at all. The speakers are also really good considering they are built-in, perfect for playing some background music while working.
I love this thing! I was using a 1ghz eMac in Tiger before this, but I like the iMac better, mainly because the eMac sounded like a jet engine on my desk. My only complaint is that the screen looks bad at 1024x768. 800x600 isn't ideal, but it's fine for my purposes.
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I bet this keyboard is actually worth more than the computer! I have been working on lab reports, etc. in Word 98 and it actually fills my writing needs 100%. The keyboard is great, and OS 9.2 has been really responsive and hasn't crashed at all so far. Plus, the iMac hardware is really incredible. It's absolutely silent, even the hard drive has been swapped for a 2.5" unit so there's no noise at all. The speakers are also really good considering they are built-in, perfect for playing some background music while working.
I love this thing! I was using a 1ghz eMac in Tiger before this, but I like the iMac better, mainly because the eMac sounded like a jet engine on my desk. My only complaint is that the screen looks bad at 1024x768. 800x600 isn't ideal, but it's fine for my purposes.
as soon as i get my second MBP i though about dumbing down my PB 1.5GHz to Tiger and run the classic enviroment. I also have somewhere a emac sitting around that natively boots into OS9. I just don't have OS9 disks anymore. where can I get those? also I'd like to get macwrite pro, mac draw pro and such. would be great to have a OS9 machine around. play with control panels and sytem extensions
I'll probably do something similar with my PB 1.67 after I get a new MBP. Either that or pickup an older iMac again for Classic mode.
The old programs are backed up on a data DVD including PS 6.0 which I love using.
I loved os9, but i have very few apps for it, I only had office X ,itnes , adobe reader,so faxing porgram and toast 5... I am going to fire up my g3 and play with toast or somthing, I think my os 8 disk has some apps bye for know... I have loads of os 9 apps on my os 8 disk spooky,
well i am going to say my specs,
Imac g3
500 Core
512 ram
DVD drive
15 gb pration for os9
100for OSX
the 45 other gb's is back up for itunes on that computer
I used Over drive to get the rest of my hdd space
well i am going to say my specs,
Imac g3
500 Core
512 ram
DVD drive
15 gb pration for os9
100for OSX
the 45 other gb's is back up for itunes on that computer
I used Over drive to get the rest of my hdd space
I have one of those with OS 9 still installed (boots Tiger though).
Surely you can fine one pretty cheap these days?Collapsed windows, the Control Strip, pop-up folders... yes! I had A-Dock install too though, I liked the Dock before I even got to install OS X on my Mac.
