16 Sep
2009
16 Sep
'09
10:59 a.m.
On Wed, 16 Sep 2009, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
That's my guess, and I should have one or two on my keyboard shelves. When
we moved out of storage, we were going to fast for me to really pay any
attention to what I was shoving on the shelves. I have a couple shelves
dedicated to keyboards sitting on edge, I have a lot of keyboards! :-)
I wanted to move to 10.5 once it matured, and I even bought a family pack of
10.5, of which I've only used one of the five licenses. :-( Then I realized
I'd loose classic if I upgraded. What gets me is that Apple or some third
party doesn't offer a commercial emulator for those of us that need to
run our old software still.
I'm surprised we're still getting security patches, but it's not Apple that
is forcing me to upgrade. Adobe has annouced that they will be stopping
support of PPC based Mac's. Just like with classic, I knew I'd have to
switch eventually. Besides when I upgrade I'll move from 7GB of RAM up to
16GB. :-) Even though I have 7GB I desperatly need more RAM!
Zane
How
hard/expensive is it to get NOS Apple Extended II ADB keyboards?
Pristine NOS? I would imagine not easy, but I see used E2 ADB keyboards
all the time for a few bucks. I just clean them up and put them in service.
It's a great keyboard. That said, I don't mind the Pro keyboard, although
the current chiclet
keyboard makes me think of a growth-stunted PCjr.
Is that the stupid ultra-thin abomination? The white and clear keyboard
that came with my G5 is pretty nice, I use it on my Windows work laptop when
I'm working from home. My problem is I like the extra space the Extended II
keyboard has at the back, and tend to store stuff on it. :-)
Once I switch
to the Mac Pro I'll have to decide if I setup a Classic
Mac to run a couple apps (there is no replacement for me for
ClarisDraw aka MacDraw), or if I run them under an emulator). I've
stayed at 10.4.11 so I can continue to run Classic.
That's pretty much where I am. I think there are quite a few people who
won't update past Tiger for the same reason. I would be surprised if Apple
kept releasing security patches, though. Steve Jobs has shown a remarkable
penchant for rapidly jettisoning the past, which is as always good and bad.