http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20021127060058937

How awful that one has to go through all this hassle to read all your old sound
files.  Yes it is possible to convert all those old sounds, but what if I have
hundreds of Mac sound files?  What if MS Office uses system 7 sound files in
its libraries..  

Man this is one HUGE disadvantage to the Mac, not being able to actually BOOT
into OS 9 on current macs.  

With most Intel PC's you can load any version of Windows and BOOT back and
forth, just encase you run into any compatability problems with XP/2003 and
your old apps/files.  

JWolf6589 <jwolf6589@aol.comnospam> wrote:

> Man this is one HUGE disadvantage to the Mac, not being able to actually BOOT
> into OS 9 on current macs.

Hmmm, the G4 I just ordered for $1295 boots into OS 9.  Say, so do all
the G4s Apple is currently selling.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, I just managed to play a .snd file while
booted in OS X, so as usual you're just manufacturing a reason to
criticize Apple.

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Mike Rosenberg

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In article <1fxeu9m.1ipup381lz2p5yN%mike@POSTTOGROUP.invalid>, mike@POSTTOGROUP.invalid (Mike Rosenberg) writes:
> JWolf6589 <jwolf6589@aol.comnospam> wrote:
> 
>> Man this is one HUGE disadvantage to the Mac, not being able to actually BOOT
>> into OS 9 on current macs.
> 
> Hmmm, the G4 I just ordered for $1295 boots into OS 9.  Say, so do all
> the G4s Apple is currently selling.

Including the 17 inch G4 powerbook ?

Larry Kilgallen <Kilgallen@SpamCop.net> wrote:

> > Hmmm, the G4 I just ordered for $1295 boots into OS 9.  Say, so do all
> > the G4s Apple is currently selling.
> 
> Including the 17 inch G4 powerbook ?

I'm sorry, I should have specifically said Power Mac G4s, because I'm
just talking about the towers.  I don't believe they've changed the
specs on any PowerBooks.

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Mike Rosenberg

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JWolf6589 <jwolf6589@aol.comnospam> wrote:

> http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20021127060058937
> 
> How awful that one has to go through all this hassle to read all your old
> sound files.  Yes it is possible to convert all those old sounds, but what
> if I have hundreds of Mac sound files?

Geez, I just noticed that the very article you posted states clearly
that iTunes .snd files and can convert them.  The article states that
"using them in OS X is easy," but you've decided that "easy" means "all
this hassle."

BTW, it's even easier than the article states, because there's no need
to make mp3 files first if your goal is AIFF, as you can convert fron
..snd to .aif directly.

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Mike Rosenberg

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