In article <1g3nuj8.1o1gova1bx2njcN%larry@cymru.freewire.co.u k>,
larry@cymru.freewire.co.uk (Larry Stoter) wrote:
> Don Sample <dsample@synapse.net> wrote:
>
> > I know they say that the minimum requirement is a system with built in
> > USB ports, but I was wondering if it was possible to install it on my
> > old G3 mini-tower.
>
> Unfortunately, Apple now seem to be trying to emulate M$ - talking
> b*?ll!!ck@ and going for the $$$.
How so exactly? They had an INCREDIBLE run of backwards-compatibility
through to OS 9, which can run on machines ten years older than itself.
OS X, being a *completely different OS that bears some superficial
resemblance to previous Mac OSs* had to be definition draw a line in the
sand, and that line was most models of G3. Given that the G3 line had
first appeared some FOUR YEARS EARLIER, that seemed pretty reasonable to
me.
So now we arrive in 2003 (nearly 2004) with a new version of OS X that
-- boo hoo -- can't be run on machines older than SIX YEARS OLD. If
you're not upgrading your Mac at least every SIX YEARS, you sir are one
spoiled crybaby. The PCs I have to keep around go obsolete in half that
time, and that's pushing it with user-installed upgrades. If I primarily
used them for games or anything the required serious processing power,
I'd have had to upgrade them every TWO years.
I hate to break this to you, but I guess I'd better warn you now --
Apple will someday come out with an all-64-bit version of OS X, and --
brace yourself -- it flat-out WON'T RUN on any 32-bit machines. That
includes EVERYTHING sold by Apple EVER except the G5s.
What's worse (hold on tight), this could happen in as little as THREE
YEARS.
> Although, I think the move to UNIX and open source is the best thing
> Apple have done since the first Mac, but the final consequences are
> going to be fairly long term.
>
> I don't have an answer to your specifc problem but I am currently
> running OS 10.2.8 on a 7600. It took some work and expenditure but
> signifcantly less than a new Mac.
For heaven's sake man BUY YOURSELF A NEW COMPUTER. You deserve it,
you've earned it! At least something a BIT more modern, like say ...
FROM THIS CENTURY. I mean, hurrah for you getting OS X on a 7600, but
that's the end of the line -- and you're complaining?!
If you find 10.2.8 sufficiently fast as to be workable on a 7600, I
can't even imagine what it would be like to plop down a new dual-G5 on
your desk. Modern software! Modern hardware! Your head would probably
explode.
> My one big gripe is external DVD drives and their non-compatibility with
> playing video DVDs.
Now on this I hear ya. I partially understand the reasoning (Apple
doesn't want to take on the expense/effort required for compatibility
testing), but if the DVD manufacturers of this world have agreed upon a
set of communications protocols (as they appear to have done), Apple
should consider adding this -- after all, they allow third-party
cameras, MP3 players and printers to work "out of the box" with their
apps, don't they?
--
Cheers,
_Chas_
http://www.apple.com/switch
non-spammers can write to chasm at mac (dot com)