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In reply to the discussion: I am in a constant struggle with all the electronic crap and "upgrades" that do nothing to improve [View all]eppur_se_muova
(36,262 posts)the Macs I own can't upgrade to newer OS's, the OSX installer disks I have won't work with new Mac models, and I can't run newer applications on either one, because older OSX is not supported by developers. My old desktop iMac all-in-one can't even run newer Firefox, and Web pages are increasingly incompatible with older browsers. To be fair ... that particular model is more like 15 yo .... but Apple's turn toward upgrade incontinence has turned me off to future Mac purchases. I might purchase one more Mac within my lifetime, but I'm in no hurry to do so.
I started using Macs beginning around the System5 to System6 transition, and I have not been happy with the transition to YA Unix implementation, even when I have used the very "Unixy" features. I miss the old "insanely great" atmosphere that surrounded the classic Mac OS.