[bastokyg]

Looking for a copy of OS 9.

It looks like I need to upgrade from 8.6 soon, but I really dislike the OS X interface, so I'm looking to upgrade to 9 for now and hope that someone comes out with a utility, in the future, that will allow one to get rid of the jellybean look before I go to OSX.

[nigeljedi]

I believe I have an "in the box" copy of OS 9.0 somewhere...
Let me know if you want it and we can talk...

[bastokyg]

I would like it. Money's tight though, so I need to get a rough idea of cost.
Thanks!

Originally posted by nigeljedi:
<STRONG>I believe I have an "in the box" copy of OS 9.0 somewhere...
Let me know if you want it and we can talk...</STRONG>

[malvolio]

Redmond, WA, eh? I bet you work for Micro$oft, and you're trying to steal Apple's latest technology...

[bastokyg]

Actually, I did work for them for 7 years. I designed all their system software documentation on a Mac, including Windows 3.0. I standardized all the company designers on Macs. I also brought the first Mac into Chevron Corp. in San Franciso in the mid-80's.

What Microsoft does best is to take things that are done well, and screw them up, hence the Windows "interface."

But now, I can't see why anyone would want to steal anything from the OS X interface -- it looks like it was done by the same people who thought multi-colored desktops in Windows was a cool thing to implement. I don't want the interface in my face, and to me that's what Aqua is. And it's 10 steps backwards on the usability scale -- the main reason for using a Mac in the first place.

Not to rant too much more, but I lived in Berkeley for 20 years, and people assumed that you went to UC because you lived there.

Originally posted by malvolio:
<STRONG>Redmond, WA, eh? I bet you work for Micro$oft, and you're trying to steal Apple's latest technology...
</STRONG>

[vickman]

Originally posted by bastokyg:
<STRONG>Looking for a copy of OS 9.

It looks like I need to upgrade from 8.6 soon, but I really dislike the OS X interface, so I'm looking to upgrade to 9 for now and hope that someone comes out with a utility, in the future, that will allow one to get rid of the jellybean look before I go to OSX.</STRONG>

If the Aqua interface is the only thing holding you back, take a look at this:

Sosumi

[bastokyg]

Thanks! That's very cool. I like it.

Actually, Aqua isn't the only thing holding me back, at least now it's not. One of the biggest problems is coming up with the bucks to upgrade most of my apps. Plus having to take the time to learn all the idiosyncrasies of a totally new system. All the things I've been reading on MacFixIt, in MacWorld, etc. have made it sound like a very big pain in the butt.

I'm a designer working freelance right now. I've known all the Mac Systems since 1985 so well, that I can almost always intuitively tell how to fix a problem or better yet, how to keep one from happening in the first place. If I start now, trying to figure out OS X, I'm afraid that I'll never get any actual work done. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but this is not just an evolutionary step from one system to another, that is, an upgrade -- it's a whole new landscape.

I need to go to OS 9 so I can run FlashMX and some other goodies like iTunes, etc. that won't run on OS 8.6. Otherwise I'd stay where I am.

Thanks again for the link to Sosumi!!!

Originally posted by vickman:
<STRONG>

If the Aqua interface is the only thing holding you back, take a look at this:

Sosumi</STRONG>