2/18/2024 0 Comments Deltagraph 7 windows 10![]() Home: PM G4 (Sawtooth) 1.2GHz/1GB RAM/3 x 80GB HDs/DVD-RW and a Why couldn't they happen in OS 9, but can in X? In the case of "expose", I suspect it's only because noone ever developed an extension for OS 9 that did that. It talks about the latest "tricks" (for lack of a better word) that you can do in OS X, without talking about the underlying framework that lets those "tricks" happen. Also, it doesn't address the question directly. To me, those are just little programs that have been tacked onto the system (like 3rd-party extensions, control panels and hypercard stacks used to be). Am I alone in this? Anyone else out there who still uses "classic" programs because they find them easier than the OS X version of things?īut back to my original question - other than protected memory, what true advancements have been added to OS X over OS 9 that make OS X a "modern" operating system? Please don't say "dashboard widgets", "expose", or "fast user switching". So I find myself *wanting* to switch completely over to OS X, but not being able to fully *justify* it in my head. CricketGraph - the ability to do recursive curve fits with two clicks is un-beatable. Claris Home Page - simple, wysiwyg HTML editor.ģ. SuperPaint - so simple to use, yet gives me some great options for editing my graphics.Ģ. I love the OS X dock and the column view for finder windows, and use A-dock and Greg's Browser to give me these in OS 9.Īnd there are still programs from OS 9 that I can't find a great replacement for:ġ. I find it rarely crashes, and when it does it usually (for me) is either because of some flash/java riddled website that chokes the browser or some problem with MS Office. Other than this, OS 9 gives me great multi-tasking with an awesome interface that is hugely skinnable. But OS 9 can't handle the modern web stuff & multi-media stuff because programs haven't been developed for it, iCab being the notable exception but still behind the curve. And of course OS X has modern web browsers (that handle Flash & javascript stuff well) and multi-media stuff (DVD rip/encode/burn and QT 7 spring to mind) that OS 9 just can't handle. ![]() ![]() I know that X has "protected memory", keeping one program crash from crashing the whole system. I'm thinking more along the lines of day-to-day user interface and usability. I know that OS X is based on Unix and OS 9 is a descendent of the original Mac system software, that they have entirely different code sets, yadda, yadda, yadda. I ask this because I regularly use both 9 and X, and frequently switch back and forth or use "classic" mode. I'm curious about exactly what are the advantages of using OS X over OS 9? Let me explain my question a bit. I'm not sure if this is the right spot to post this but.
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