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the folks who can't let go of Mac OS9

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  the folks who can't let go of Mac OS9 RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2016-09-13 21:35 -0400

#12002 — the folks who can't let go of Mac OS9

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2016/09/an-os-9-odyssey-why-do-some-mac-users-still-rely-on-16-year-old-software/

I can't say I actually pine for the old OS, but I agree there's
something about it that was nice - aesthetically, not technically.  I
wouldn't mind one of those old CRT imacs running one of the old OS9
Usenet clients, but I wouldn't want it for doing anything modern at
all.  Thinking about it makes me hear the whine of the 56K modem even as
I type this ...

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But as hard as it may be to believe in light of yet another macOS
update, there are some who still use Apple's long-abandoned system. OS 9
diehards may hold on due to one important task they just can't replicate
on a newer computer, or perhaps they simply prefer it as a daily
driver. It only takes a quick trip to the world of subreddits and
Facebook groups to verify these users exist.  Certain that they can't
all be maniacs, I went searching for these people. I trawled forums and
asked around, and I even spent more time with my own classic Macs. And
to my surprise, I found that most of the people who cling staunchly to
Mac OS 9 (or earlier) as a key component of their daily-or at least
regular-workflow actually have good reason for doing so.
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