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Apple To Prevent Booting Into Mac OS 9?

Posted by pudge on from the from-pig-to-man-and-from-man-to-pig dept.

A user writes that eWeek reports "A tweak to new models in its Macintosh line of desktop and portable computers will prevent booting into Mac OS 9, sources said, leaving the Unix-based Mac OS X as the sole operating system." That's a great idea, if they want to prevent people from upgrading their hardware, and to future versions of Mac OS X. I hope it's merely a rumor; there's apparently no technical reason for it, so if true, I imagine it is just to force more people to adopt the Mac OS X.

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  1. What's next? by rgraham · · Score: 0, Troll

    Complaining that you can't run System 6 on your new Dual GHz PowerMac G4?

  2. Surely this is what mac users want. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Isn't the Apple motto:

    "Just let us do the thinking"

    Mac users seem to enjoy being told what to do. When Steve Jobs says Jump, they ask how high shall I jump. In this case its off the sinking ship known as Mac OS 9.x

    I wonder if he will prevent booting to Debian while he's there.