Re: Leopard on October 26

Dave Balderstone wrote:
In article <hd2dna3nle10e4LanZ2dnUVZ_h_inZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Ed Anson
<EdAnson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Ian Gregory wrote:
On 2007-10-24, J.J O'Shea <try.not.to@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

[regarding the possible demise of "Classic"]

Just seen on Apple's Classic forum: <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303137>

It's dead, Jim.
Any links to humorous obituaries or reports of inconsolable
old-timers leaping off tall buildings?
I don't know about that, but I'm upset.

I had already pre-ordered Leopard before I learned that it breaks Classic. Since I have some hardware with support software that requires Classic, I have a bit of a dilemma.

What's the dilemma? Cancel the order, or sell it after you receive it,
and remain in the past.

My dilemma is that there is some software I want to use that requires a system update (I suppose I could go to 10.4, but why upgrade to an old version?). But I have some hardware and software that require Classic and can't be updated.

Or buy another drive and set up a dual boot system.

It's a real pain to have to reboot just to switch from one app to another. Sometimes I like to use two things at the same time. The Mac OS has supported that for about 20 years. Now, not so much.

It's not like you had no warning, or no time to upgrade your hardware.
If you were betting on Apple supporting Classic in perpetuity, you were
behaving foolishly.

Incompatibility with Classic was not listed as a new feature of 10.5. I was hoping for one last software update on this 4-year-old Mac that I will continue using as long as possible -- not just for Classic but also for some expensive software that requires PowerPC. I'm still not ready to spend thousands of dollars for software "upgrades" and hardware replacements just to regain some of the functionality I have now. Still, I'd like to do some new things, and I know this Mac won't last forever. And that is my dilemma.
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