Speaking as someone who's thumb clicks like a cue ball hitting the black, it can only be a matter of time before text messengers thumbs snap off. The studios can then earn the money they are entitled to for their informative and entertaining productions.
Yes, they probably would prefer you to buy a new machine but they have a fairly good record on supporting older systems.
Example. I run a PowerMac 7100/90 (from around 1995-1996 I think), and am running OS 9.1 on it at a fairly decent speed. It's used for MS Office, a bit of photoshop and some older games like Quake 1 and Warcraft 2.
OS 9.1 was relased around January 2001. I think being able to install the latest OS on a 5 year old machine is pretty good. Of course there have been some exceptions like the Original PowerBook G3 owners and the Power Mac/Performa 5xxx/6xxx series and the dropped Express modem support.
I've not used Word for Windows for some years and have only recently been using Word for Mac OS X. I wonder if there is any kind of set-up assistant (or wizard) that allows you to set all of these options.
Any time I install Office, I have to go through those steps, disabling auto-correction and the assistant. Would be nice if there was some kind of setup-assistant to walk you through these options (including disabling the hidden information).
Staying with the original OS isn't the best policy. I think the problem here is that OS X is a bigger jump than ever before - we're talking about a completely new system. Smaller jumps within the same OS should be benefical in general - e.g. OS 8.0 to 8.6 (mainly because of power management and performance improvements due to some fairly major kernel improvements).
Do some research on the OS first and see if updating will be worth it. Of course, this advice doesn't really help if issue like missing video drivers aren't documented anywhere.
Bear in mind that the goal isn't the only thing achieved. Along the way, new technologies are developed that can be applied to more down to earth (literally) problems.
Also, consider the fact that if our ancestors weren't so interested in taking the time and resources to explore the world, some countries wouldn't exist as we know them today.
Wonder if Pakistan is going to announce a space programme any time soon? They seem to be rivals in just about everything else...
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Speaking as someone who's thumb clicks like a cue ball hitting the black, it can only be a matter of time before text messengers thumbs snap off. The studios can then earn the money they are entitled to for their informative and entertaining productions.
Yes, they probably would prefer you to buy a new machine but they have a fairly good record on supporting older systems.
Example. I run a PowerMac 7100/90 (from around 1995-1996 I think), and am running OS 9.1 on it at a fairly decent speed. It's used for MS Office, a bit of photoshop and some older games like Quake 1 and Warcraft 2.
OS 9.1 was relased around January 2001. I think being able to install the latest OS on a 5 year old machine is pretty good. Of course there have been some exceptions like the Original PowerBook G3 owners and the Power Mac/Performa 5xxx/6xxx series and the dropped Express modem support.
I've not used Word for Windows for some years and have only recently been using Word for Mac OS X. I wonder if there is any kind of set-up assistant (or wizard) that allows you to set all of these options.
Any time I install Office, I have to go through those steps, disabling auto-correction and the assistant. Would be nice if there was some kind of setup-assistant to walk you through these options (including disabling the hidden information).
Anyone know if this feature already exists?
Staying with the original OS isn't the best policy. I think the problem here is that OS X is a bigger jump than ever before - we're talking about a completely new system. Smaller jumps within the same OS should be benefical in general - e.g. OS 8.0 to 8.6 (mainly because of power management and performance improvements due to some fairly major kernel improvements).
Do some research on the OS first and see if updating will be worth it. Of course, this advice doesn't really help if issue like missing video drivers aren't documented anywhere.
Bear in mind that the goal isn't the only thing achieved. Along the way, new technologies are developed that can be applied to more down to earth (literally) problems.
Also, consider the fact that if our ancestors weren't so interested in taking the time and resources to explore the world, some countries wouldn't exist as we know them today.
Wonder if Pakistan is going to announce a space programme any time soon? They seem to be rivals in just about everything else...