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Macs Won't Boot Into Mac OS in 2003

Posted by pudge on from the no-booting-for-you dept.

Magnus Olsson writes "Apple announced at Apple Expo in Paris, that they are dropping the ability to boot into Mac OS after January 2003. It will still be possible to access Mac OS via the Classic environment under Mac OS X." Apparently, eWeek was right, and the final nail is being driven. So, where's mol for Mac OS X?

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  1. Sweet. by viper21 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now we just need computers that will refuse to boot windows.

    -S

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    1. Re:Sweet. by mccalli · · Score: 5, Funny
      Now we just need computers that will refuse to boot windows.

      Well, yep. Apple made them too...

      Cheers,
      Ian

  2. Re:Is this even legal by teamhasnoi · · Score: 5, Funny
    No. This is highly illegal. I urge everyone to join my Class-Action lawsuit against Apple.

    We Mac users do not want change. We fear it. We would like to run one program at a time, like God intended.

    This is an affront to Mom, Patriots everywhere, and just think of the children! This cannot be allowed to continue. OS 9 is what this country was founded on, and frankly, if you think otherwise, I think you may be aiding the terrorists. For it would take a terrorist's evil black heart to come up with such a hellish fate for Mac users. Deny our children the God Given Right to use OS 9!?

    No! We will fight tooth and nail! From hill to dale! You will need to pry my OS 9 CD from my cold dead hands! There will never be Freedom until OS 9 is freed from it's oppressors! Join me now! We must win this battle FOR THE CHILDREN!

  3. Oh YEAH? by Tokerat · · Score: 5, Funny



    I bought a Power Macintosh 8600/250 in 1997...

    ...AND IT WOULDN'T EVEN BOOT INTO System 4!!!!!!

    WTF. How is anyone supposed to get anything done? I can't even play StuntCopter or Cairo Shootout in the right resolution/screen depth! MacPaint becomes garbled and unstable under the "Finder", really just the damn MultiFinder in disguise! What a marketing ploy! Thanks ALOT, Apple!!!!!

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    <INSIGHTFUL LIKELY="maybe">

    Seriously, if tons of people are worried about paying thousands to replace old shareware programs on the Mac with new commercial software, why not just write to your favorate Mac OS X shareware developer and request they create a replacement product? Be sure to elaborate on exactly what it would replace, and why such a thing would be popular with whoever needs that particular product. Panic and Ambrosia are probably two good places to start, and I'm sure there are hundreds more.

    Trust me, the Mac shareware scene WANTS your feedback.

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