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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 12th Feb 2006 21:27 UTC

A few weeks ago, I did something crazy and shelled out 50 Euros for a G3 iMac. It was a 333Mhz G3 iMac with 96MB of RAM. It came with a copy of MacOS 9-- and that was what I bought it for. I wanted to experience first hand what OS9 was like. I did not expect I'd use the machine much. However, I was in for a rather pleasant surprise. Note: Read more on the meta blog about the new Sunday eve column!

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by Kroc on Sun 12th Feb 2006 22:06 UTC

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2005-11-10

Also, OS9 is no longer supported on Macintels so it is a dying breed. It's good to see that it is still very usable even today.

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RE: os9 + macintels

by macisaac on Sun 12th Feb 2006 22:20 in reply to "RE"

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2005-08-28

that's actually one of the things about the macintels that would turn me away from them. there's a good deal of older (and not so old) software, particularly kid's software, that only runs in classic mode. osx-only would be a lot less useful to me.

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RE[2]: os9 + macintels

by Kroc on Sun 12th Feb 2006 22:49 in reply to "RE: os9 + macintels"

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2005-11-10

That only creates a new market. First person to make a Macintel OS9 emulator has themselves their own market.

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