Do Classic applications work with Mac OS X 10.5 or Intel-based Macs? Classic applications do not work on Intel processor-based Macs or with Mac OS X 10.5.
That’s sorted, then. Ow. Who’s still using Classic on a daily basis and will miss it?
Do Classic applications work with Mac OS X 10.5 or Intel-based Macs?
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22 responses to “Do Classic applications work with Mac OS X 10.5 or Intel-based Macs?”
Since Glider Pro is avaliable for OS X, I’ll only really miss playing Marathon.
Rest in peace, Classic.
Uh oh. I used to work at a university radio station that did almost everything in Classic (or OS9). They’re not going to be happy with this!
Like no one saw this coming. I learned a long time ago to just shift with the Mac wind after having been burned numerous times with software that stopped being supported. The future of anything pre-OS X became clear when OS X was introduced. I started clearing the Classic decks back in 2001. Yeah, there was some stuff I was sorry to see go but usually found a replacement. And a couple of holdouts wouldn’t work well in Classic anyway.
The alternative is to keep suporting legacy stuff forever at the cost of fully moving forward. One look at the mess of Windows is a powerful argument against this. I know it seems tough at first but dumping serial ports forced me on to ethernet (good!), adb sent me to USB (good!) etc etc.
Besides if you really want to run OS9, just keep a machine that runs it. You don’t need a new Mac to run the lagacy stuff so it shouldn’t really matter. I’ve got an old PowerBook stashed away for just this – unlikely – eventuality.
I wasn’t going to run out and install OX10.5 right away. I still run FrameMaker in Classic, becasue of course, it is no longer supported on the Mac. Guess, if I have to still run it, I should just run it on the PC (Gag).
The great hard drive crash of ’03 solved my Classic dilema. That, and an Intel Imac in ’06
Amen to that. My Bondi Blue G3 runs everything I need in Classic – because that’s all it has. OS 9.2 is buggy, but it plugs along just fine, and it’s the only system I can still play “WarCraft II” with.
For some things, like browsers, who needs OS 8 or 9 anyway?
I just started working for a small, weekly newspaper in Columbus, Ohio as a graphic designer and I was shocked/appalled to find that they use OS9 and Quark 4!
Which, I’m pretty sure, is what I used when I was in high school working on the student newsmagazine.
They say they will be switching over to Leopard and InDesign in the spring…I can only hope.
Aaaaah, Marathon, Bungie has come a looong way, with the whole Halo 3 madness going on, I desperately want to revisit my old days at Marathon 1, 2 and infinity, of course now with this new prohibition I guess I won’t be selling that old PMac G3 after all…
Get AlephOne: http://source.bungie.org/
It’s an open-source Mac OS X Marathon engine. I can’t remember if it’s universal binary or not, but it should run in Leopard.
DUDES! I can’t believe you love Marathon and don’t already know about Aleph One! Download it NOW and start frog blasting some vent cores! You don’t even need a Mac … it runs on Windows, Linux, NetBSD, and BeOS.
mac stix
worse than windows cause it is more cinical
i hate