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new Mac user needs help osx 9.2
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<blockquote data-quote="louishen" data-source="post: 599221" data-attributes="member: 40142"><p>I think your confusion arises from the fact you may easy assume that OS X is a more advanced upgrade to os 9</p><p></p><p>Unlike windows Vista, which has evolved from windows NT, os 9 was the last of the original macintosh operating systems that started with the macintosh in 1984.</p><p></p><p>When modernising such an old system became a major pain, Apple decided to ditch any further development after 9 and instead build a completely new os based on an entirely different base, namely Unix. </p><p></p><p>OS X has more in common with Linux than it does with OS9, they share no code, but Apple did put in an emulation layer so that os X could run old os 9 apps.</p><p></p><p>So in short, OS9 never had the application dock at the bottom of the screen, but the good news is that your emac G4 could at least run os 10.4 - Tiger.</p><p></p><p>You should upgrade the emac to 1 gig of Ram and buy a retail copy of tiger off ebay to modernise it (make sure the disks you buy are not grey coloured - but the full retail copies that will install on any mac)</p><p></p><p>You will not regret upgrading to oS X</p><p></p><p>or you may have os X on your mac!!</p><p></p><p>Press the option key on start up - you may get the option to boot into OS9 or OS X if installed</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="louishen, post: 599221, member: 40142"] I think your confusion arises from the fact you may easy assume that OS X is a more advanced upgrade to os 9 Unlike windows Vista, which has evolved from windows NT, os 9 was the last of the original macintosh operating systems that started with the macintosh in 1984. When modernising such an old system became a major pain, Apple decided to ditch any further development after 9 and instead build a completely new os based on an entirely different base, namely Unix. OS X has more in common with Linux than it does with OS9, they share no code, but Apple did put in an emulation layer so that os X could run old os 9 apps. So in short, OS9 never had the application dock at the bottom of the screen, but the good news is that your emac G4 could at least run os 10.4 - Tiger. You should upgrade the emac to 1 gig of Ram and buy a retail copy of tiger off ebay to modernise it (make sure the disks you buy are not grey coloured - but the full retail copies that will install on any mac) You will not regret upgrading to oS X or you may have os X on your mac!! Press the option key on start up - you may get the option to boot into OS9 or OS X if installed [/QUOTE]
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