Actually there's a bit more to it. All my clients are running versions 
8.5 and 9 so if my new iMac will not run those versions then I couldn't 
continue to modify or deal with their solutions

On 25/01/11 3:55 PM, Lee wrote:
> Hi,
> I have raised this issue before, however, I'm wondering if anyone out 
> there has 8.5 or 9 running on Snow Leopard. My Macbook Pro with Snow 
> Leopard will run these version without any issue but one of my clients 
> has a new iMac running Snow Leopard and versions 8.5 and 9 will not 
> even open on his iMac.
> I would like to upgrade my iMac but because I'm still using version 9, 
> and want to stay with it, I'm not prepared to buy a new iMac
>
> My iMac runs 10.5.8 and both versions 8.5 and 9 work with no problem.

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