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Blast From the Past: OS9

Paranoid Marvin

By Paranoid Marvin

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Mac OS 9 is coming, and it’s going to make your Mac more powerful—and more Internet-friendly—than ever before. Designed to be your co-pilot on the Internet, Mac OS 9 is packed with over 50 new features.

 

OS9 is released on the 23rd of October, 1999, so make sure you have a suitable computer!

The minimum specs are:

  • Mac OS-based Apple computer with a Power PC processor
  • 32MB of physical RAM, with virtual memory set to at least 40MB
And for you lucky folks that have just bought the new super fast 500mhz Power Mac G4, you're going to have to hold on tight, as the G4 is the most powerful personal computer in the world!

OS 9 is, of course, an OS designed for the internet. AOL has some good offers at the moment that can get you online and enjoying OS 9 to the full.

Some of the new features in OS 9 are impressive! Sherlock 2 will make it so easy to find stuff on the internet and will make shopping easier. Voiceprint Password and built in Encryption will make your Mac's data invulnerable.

As expected, OS 9 also features a new, metallic looking UI.

 

I've ordered my disk and hopefully it will be here soon - I'll post screenshots as soon as I have updated :D

 

October 1999

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nico342

nico342 0

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The only thing that I can say is "LOL".

 

Good work,

U.C.

U.C. 1

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Nice. We used to have those iMacs in my old school. Needless to say, me being a windows user, didnt like Mac much

Dainix

Dainix 0

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I still have that on my 700Mhz iMac G4. Use it to run UT:GOTY every now and then.

bwhsh8r

bwhsh8r 0

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HAAHAHHA

 

thanks for sharing =D

SurferSD

SurferSD 0

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Hmmm... I wonder if my MBP with 4GB of RAM and a 2.4GHz chip can run it...

Lkr

Lkr 1

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looks like an awesome OS for sure. gotta go pre-order it.

Ictinike

Ictinike 0

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Dude I can't wait! I'm gonna buy a new Macbook or Macbook Pro JUST to run it! :(

guyin916

guyin916 0

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this forum must be running out of news to post

siddharth

siddharth 0

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Oh {censored}.... Time to rev up the Mac Book Pro. I'm sure waiting. :tomato:

dubhead

dubhead 0

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this forum must be running out of news to post

 

 

lol,

yep i guess ur right..but if you look on the Web u will indeed find a Package called "COI" or Classic on Imac ..lets u run that classic {censored} on your Intel box :tomato:

Priority One

Priority One 0

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Shame, from what I've gathered, my PowerBook 15" 10.4 1.5GHz can't hack it.

 

I've been trying to get OS 9 to work under Classic for a while now, but my machine just refuses to boot from the CD :P

alloutmacstoday

alloutmacstoday 1

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Sweet! mine came today! running it now :) . it only takes 30 seconds for the internet to open and load!!!!! wow, truely amazing!!


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