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#1
December 29th, 2003, 02:54 PM
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 What if Apple had announced it will stop making OSes? Well, not really, just pretend.  I got this idea from the ResEx poll. What OS would you use if apple DID stop making OSes? I would use Windows... Oh, and the reason this isn't a poll, is because I can't find the poll option, and there are too many OSes to list. Heh. Last edited by evildan; December 31st, 2003 at 10:11 AM. Reason: Misleading title - evildan  |
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#2
December 29th, 2003, 03:14 PM
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| I'd use Mac OS 10.3. *duh* 
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December 29th, 2003, 03:24 PM
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| I'd use some sort of *nix I guess...
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#4
December 29th, 2003, 03:48 PM
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| There are people still using Mac OS 9 three years after Apple stopped development of it (I still have an 8.6 system that I use semi-daily). There are people still using OPENSTEP which Apple stopped developing in 1997 (not counting the Y2K patches put out in 1999 for OPENSTEP 4.2 and NEXTSTEP 3.3). There are still people using Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 98. Mac OS X v10.3.2 could easily last for years, much like Apple's hardware (I still use a Quadra 950 for burning CDs and doing some page layout and it is more than 10 years old). And I'm still using a 10 year old SGI Indy daily with no dire need of buying a newer system (it is the only hardware I own that can capture full size/full frame rate video without any problems). I always find it funny that people would stop using something that is discontinued before they would have stopped using it if it hadn't been discontinued. When Adobe discontinued LiveMotion people started making plans to buy Flash. Why? If LiveMotion was good enough before, why stop using it before it has reached the end of it's usefulness. To the topic at hand, I don't know. It depends on what is out there 5 to 10 years from now. Right now I'm having a hard time justifying upgrading from 10.2 as it does everything I want from an operating system... and I already have a copy of 10.3! |
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#5
December 29th, 2003, 04:00 PM
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| It sounds like a question someone would have asked about using a Newton. What would I do if Apple stopped making Newtons? Would I buy a Palm or Window CE device? As Apple stopped development of the Newton in 1998, and I'm still using my Newton in 2003/2004 (yes, it connects with my Mac perfectly even through Mac OS X 10.2.6), it tells you how long I can keep advance technology serving me.  Though I am thinking of getting a MessagePad 2100 to replace my MessagePad 120 this next year... it would still be using a Newton! |
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#6
December 29th, 2003, 06:59 PM
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| We likes the precious... which in this case is a Tungsten E. Great little PDA. I would keep on truckin' in whatever my computer was running at the time and write a crapload of nasty letters/emails to Apple asking and complaining about why they're not making OS's anymore. Oh, and you have to be a "donating member" to make polls.
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#7
December 30th, 2003, 06:52 PM
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| Of course if Apple stopped making OS's I'd be using OS X.3 for years and years. If all Apple OS's simply dissappeared though, I would use Debian. And Windows for video editing.
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#8
December 30th, 2003, 07:47 PM
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 Ok, umm, this isnt going as i planned... so umm, changed. What if Apple wasnt around? what if they were never here? what if we never had a mac os? what would you use? |
