Hi Keith, Our G4 most definitely would not run OS 8.6 - I tried booting it from an 8.6 CD and it would not boot. (other Macs would boot of this CD however). Also, we called Apple and they categorically told us that 8.6 would **not** run on newer G4s and there was absolutely nothing they could do about it. I still find it odd that Apple should make a machine incapable of running an earlier, still current, OS. Why should I be forced to upgrade all my software and be precluded from running other software, if my 18-month old machine poops out and I need to buy a new one? I agree that B-D should be up to date with the latest developments, but I do think they have a right to expect some measure of continued support for the OS necessary to run their product , especially when I remember that they had faith to stick with Macs even when it seemed that Apple was going down the tube. -- David On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, you wrote: > David, > > A solution, but first a comment. > > Apple released beta versions of OS9 to developers well in advance of its > commercial release. Thus, the majority of software vendors released upgrades > at the same time as Apple. That BD did not act at that time is the fault of > BD, not Apple. Apple realizes that maintaining legacy hardware and software, > as is done with other OS/hardware manufacturers, only makes the current > system weaker. Thus they have moved forward in both software and hardware, > creating the state of the art personal computer, that works well as a single > entity, but gets complicated if you need to use older software or hardware. > But I won't delve into the OS diatribe any further....... > > The G4 with the Sawtooth motherboard (which is what you have) originally > shipped with OS8.6, so we know OS8.6 will run on this machine. There have > been certain G4 specific issues that have been addressed with OS9, so the > system hardware will not be fully utilized running OS8.6, but it will run. > You just need to get a copy of the OS8.6 CD and install the OS. I have seen > messages from people that claim to have received the OS8.6 CD from Apple > upon request after similar situations. > > In the meantime, I would drop a line to BD, reminding them that OS X is > coming in August, at which point their software will not be compatible with > the previous two generations of the MacOS (much less being AltiVec capable). > The cytometry companies feel no pressure to provide us with cutting edge > software, evidenced by the hundreds of labs running their XL software under > DOS (yuk!). Maybe Verity or TreeStar will make some inroads if we demand > state of the art software. > > Good luck. > > kb > > -- > Keith Bahjat > Graduate Assistant > University of Florida > College of medicine > kbahjat@ufl.edu
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