Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: DVD rom on mac pro Date: 6 Sep 2015 23:55:46 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: <060920151513348582%nospam@nospam.invalid> <55ec9572$0$18507$e4fe514c@newszilla.xs4all.nl> X-Trace: individual.net xTNogAqiG4eVfk4S91g7xgnbF+FzZgVboT9PygRBWUMMLKtax0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:z8tyrPN/HBZ+RAbkDSstY0jJS28= X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:31923 On 2015-09-06, Me myself and I wrote: > > Well, you can't expect everywhere to immediately implement new > technology, buy new pc's and apps. True. Even today, in what some might call our "disposable society", there are people who expect their computing equipment to remain useful for more than a year or so. : ) > Sometimes Apple is going a bit too fast. Changing system every one or > two years is not very efficient. Apple tends to move faster than some others; and Apple doesn't mind jettisoning older technologies long before other industry players. But Apple's not the only one making devices more and more disposable - that's happening across the board. It's a worrisome trend. > Fast food isn't the best either. I haven't eaten fast food in years. Processed foods are similar in quality, so I avoid them as much as possible, as well as refined sugars. None of it is good for you. > Anyway, I've got my old iMac and I still love it, if only because it's > got stuff the black mac pro doesn't have. My very old globe mac is in a > box now, still in working order, in case I need a classic app. I use one of the various 68k emulators (Basilisk II, Mini vMac, Sheepshaver) for that kind of thing, so I can run stuff in Yosemite without having to boot up another machine. I do keep Zippy, my trusty Mac SE/30 plugged in and turned on for nostalgic benefit, though: -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR