Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: unreal computer set-up!!
From: Mike Cahill <mcahill2@comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 18:00:49 -0400

on 6/15/02 5:29 PM, Pascal at cyberdog@attglobal.net wrote:

> On 15-06-2002 21:43 Mike Cahill wrote:
> 
>> As an old Mac guy myself, I agree with you Pascal.  I've installed OS X on
>> one of my workstations and I just can't get warm and fuzzy with it.  Maybe
>> once all the apps I use are available in native code I might try again.
> 
> Mike,
> 
> my feelings exactly. Over the past year, I have tried switching to OS X up
> to 5 times, last time I could hold out for one week. But I was back to OS 9
> everytime. Difficult to explain, but I keep loving the clean OS 9 platinum
> interface, the best in the industry. Can't warm up to OS X. I really have
> tried hard, but can't. Now, if only it were possible to revert to the
> classic MacOS interface under X, the transition would be less painful. It is
> possible with the (ludicrous) Luna interface in XP, then why not with OS X ?
> 
> Pascal
> NO ARCHIVE
there are ways of customizing the OS X desktop to make it look closer to OS
9.  What's messing me up is the strange control panels, lack of Chooser (it
took me three days to figure how to set an HP Laserjet up) and problems I
had running "Classic" (I hate that word) applications in OS X.

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