The End of the Mac as We Know It
- 2001.02.16
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March 24, 2001. The end of the Mac as we know it
- "The most advanced operating system is about to be introduced.
Is your system ready for it? Are you ready for it?"
Mac OS X is about to be introduced. For the first time ever, Mac
users will have a truly modern operating system running on their
computers.
This operating system is also about to make many Mac OS
computers almost obsolete. The 6400,
7600, 8600, and 9600
will be unable to run OS X. You may be asking, "Those all can run
OS 9 well - why not X? My 8600 is just three years old."
Mac OS X officially requires a PowerPC 750 (G3) processor or
better. While you may be able to get it to run on your 8600,
it is  not supported. The only G3 not to be
able to run X will be the original
PowerBook G3, sometimes known as the 3500 or Kanga (the first
PowerBook G3, the one that looks like a 3400).
OS X will change the way you work with your computer. OS X will
act more like <gasp> Windows 95!
I will let you know now that I don't care for Windows; it just
doesn't work the way I do. However, it has some advantages - and
many of those are used in OS X.
OS X will be like Windows 95 in several ways. First, the Mac OS
"Finder windows" will now be in the fashion of Windows 95 with
directory buttons and a pull down menu.
The Mac OS will now carry a "minimize" button (about time!),
which stores the window in the dock. That reminds me - say good-bye
to your application switcher. The dock is about to take over - and
it is much more convenient. Just click, and you are in your
program. It also expands so that you can see all of the programs
that are open.
OS X will take some getting used to. There are no crashes or
freezes in X. There is also a new interface to get used to, Aqua.
Aqua is pretty, but it doesn't look like the current Mac OS. Apple
could have easily incorporated more of the current Mac OS into X.
OS X is a great OS, just not the Mac OS everyone knows.
When OS X finally ships on March 24th, I think that few will be
using it as their main OS. They will use the current Mac OS as long
as they can.
There will be a great number of users who will never make the
upgrade. I know my grandmother won't be upgrading - she has a
Performa 636CD and is very happy
with it as it is running Mac OS 7.6.1. She, and many other people
like her, don't need to or want to upgrade. All of the programs she
wants to use run fine on her current system, so why buy a G3 just
to upgrade to the latest OS? Then there are the schools, which are
using 5200s, 5400s, 5500s,
and 6100s. They aren't going to make
the upgrade either. Many schools can't afford new computers. Some
don't have a computer as good as a 6100. Some don't even have
computers.
So who are the people who will be buying Mac OS X? Well, there
are the curious people who want a peek at the latest and greatest
out of Cupertino; there are the Mac-freaks, who have to get
everything Mac (those are the people who have 128s with Apple HD20s, Apple Lisas, Colour Classics,  and 20th Anniversary
Macs along side their new TiBooks); and there are the graphics people
who often like to have the latest. Those are the people who buy
every single version of programs like Photoshop, Illustrator,
QuarkXPress, and DreamWeaver.
Mac OS X may or may not appeal to businesses yet. Since many of
them aren't using G3s or G4s (many businesses still have 7300s, 7600s, 8600s, etc.), only some might
be likely to upgrade to OS X - and that means retraining their
employees who aren't familiar with the new OS.
OS X is a big deal - bigger than the upgrade from System 6 to 7,
bigger than the changeover to PowerPC, bigger than the upgrade from
Mac OS 7.x to 8, and yes, even bigger than the upgrade from Windows
3.1 to 95. It's not just a big deal for the Macintosh; it's a big
deal for the whole computing world. Not only will the company that
was ready to die in the mid-90s have the most advanced operating
system, but it will also be getting a lot of extra attention. Never
before has the Mac been this big.
The Mac is the future.
OS X is the future.
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