<strong>I might as well try to salvage something out of this thread.
All Apple has to do to break OS 9 booting on new hardware is not write enablers (hardware-specific drivers) that allow OS 9 to run on that hardware, and change the hardware enough that existing enablers won't work.
The Norton CD you have, PosterBoy, won't work on the new hardware any better than OS 9 would off a hard drive. If Steve meant what he said, the new machines will not boot OS 9, by any means.
That said, Drive 10 just received an update, and you can be sure that the various vendors are hard at work on X-native disk utilities. If you get one of the 2003 machines, you'll have to rely on those.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Thanks, that is what I was looking for, and what I had assumed. I probably wont be getting one of the 2003 machines, due to the fact that my funds are still drained from the iBook purchase back in the spring, I just wanted confirmation.
And Ensign Pulver, if your thread had a quick and easy answer to my question, i wouldn't have started this thread.
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<strong>I might as well try to salvage something out of this thread.
All Apple has to do to break OS 9 booting on new hardware is not write enablers (hardware-specific drivers) that allow OS 9 to run on that hardware, and change the hardware enough that existing enablers won't work.
The Norton CD you have, PosterBoy, won't work on the new hardware any better than OS 9 would off a hard drive. If Steve meant what he said, the new machines will not boot OS 9, by any means.
That said, Drive 10 just received an update, and you can be sure that the various vendors are hard at work on X-native disk utilities. If you get one of the 2003 machines, you'll have to rely on those.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Thanks, that is what I was looking for, and what I had assumed. I probably wont be getting one of the 2003 machines, due to the fact that my funds are still drained from the iBook purchase back in the spring, I just wanted confirmation.
And Ensign Pulver, if your thread had a quick and easy answer to my question, i wouldn't have started this thread.
--PB
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It is spelled g-r-a-m-m-a-r. You douche bag.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I respect what miami craig is saying. All you jerk-offs can do is make fun of his typing errors. Grow up.
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