...'cause I sure as hell won't be upgrading now. At least, not until there's a new Mac that can run my large and expensive collection of OS9 apps at least as fast as my current computer through the dog-slow (and not even 100% OS9 compatible anyway) Classic.
I expect to buy a new Mac every few years. I *don't* expect to have to buy all my software again at the same time!
...something the size of a Psion Series 5 (or slightly larger at a pinch) with a useable mini keyboard (I can type nearly as fast on my S5 as on a regular keyboard, though admittedly with more errors), colour screen, headphone jack (for all the MP3s I'd be fitting on the...), hard drive (rather than CF cards), a USB and/or Firewire port, mini-office suite and Mac compatibility. Networking, wireless, etc are all secondary to me - I can wait until I can get home and link the thing up to my Mac - but I'm sure some people would want them.
Now, which company could possibly produce something like that? Gee, I dunno. One named after some kind of fruit, perhaps...
They won't admit to it, but I'll bet Apple are working on something for this sector of the market. Jobs says he hates PDAs - no problem, this isn't one!
What, so if I shell out for a new Mac that won't boot into OS9, I'm then also expected to spend at least the same amount again on brand-new OS X versions of software (XPress, Photoshop, Illustrator, Office, etc) I already own? Hell, there *isn't* an X version of XPress, so I wouldn't even be able to do my job!
Classic is not a magic wand - it's dog slow, even on a high-end Mac, and there are some applications it just won't run at all.
Good job for the moment that I'm happy with my Macs and have no plans to upgrade - I might need to keep using them for a very long time!
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...'cause I sure as hell won't be upgrading now. At least, not until there's a new Mac that can run my large and expensive collection of OS9 apps at least as fast as my current computer through the dog-slow (and not even 100% OS9 compatible anyway) Classic. I expect to buy a new Mac every few years. I *don't* expect to have to buy all my software again at the same time!
...something the size of a Psion Series 5 (or slightly larger at a pinch) with a useable mini keyboard (I can type nearly as fast on my S5 as on a regular keyboard, though admittedly with more errors), colour screen, headphone jack (for all the MP3s I'd be fitting on the...), hard drive (rather than CF cards), a USB and/or Firewire port, mini-office suite and Mac compatibility. Networking, wireless, etc are all secondary to me - I can wait until I can get home and link the thing up to my Mac - but I'm sure some people would want them. Now, which company could possibly produce something like that? Gee, I dunno. One named after some kind of fruit, perhaps... They won't admit to it, but I'll bet Apple are working on something for this sector of the market. Jobs says he hates PDAs - no problem, this isn't one!
(Puts on whiny voice) "What a piece of junk!"
What, so if I shell out for a new Mac that won't boot into OS9, I'm then also expected to spend at least the same amount again on brand-new OS X versions of software (XPress, Photoshop, Illustrator, Office, etc) I already own? Hell, there *isn't* an X version of XPress, so I wouldn't even be able to do my job! Classic is not a magic wand - it's dog slow, even on a high-end Mac, and there are some applications it just won't run at all. Good job for the moment that I'm happy with my Macs and have no plans to upgrade - I might need to keep using them for a very long time!