I can't say what the configuration is, but my Windoze using mate does 
stuff like that. And I stick with OS X.6.8 to run Canvas n Eudora n 
some other things.  :)

I'm not fond of Windows -- never used it beyond a bit of email and 
browsing from time to time -- but I get sick and tired of the 
hyperbole surrounding Apple. Remember how long it took Nisus to come 
out with NWE? Was this the mighty Cocoa at work? Yes it was -- and 
the mighty Apple with an OS that was more like jelly than a concrete 
foundation.

I was looking at the latest Samsung android tablet this morning for a 
mate of mine. I was astonished to see the battery capacity -- roughly 
the same as that of my 2010 MBP 15". Pretty good. Al;l the otherf 
specs looked pretty good too.

Cheers, geoff

At 11:43 PM -0700 14/6/12, Julian Gomez wrote:
>On Jun 14, 2012, at 23:12 , Geoffrey Heard wrote:
>
>>  At 2:09 PM +1000 13/6/12, Brian Ferguson wrote:
>>>  Some may not have been advised that this new OS will be available 
>>>from July for the grand cost of AUD19.99 from the Mac App Store. I 
>>>wonder what Windows OS costs now.
>>>
>>>  <http://www.apple.com/osx/?sr=hotnews.rss>
>>>
>>>  It appears as if the Mac version is integrated with iPad and iPhone.
>>
>>  The overall cost of Windows OS is lower because it has great 
>>backwards compatibility. I have been reliably informed that that 
>>the current Windows OS will run apps your grandfather (well not 
>>yours, perhaps, Brian, or mine either, but you know . . . ) used 
>>back when God's dog was a pup.
>
>What's the exact configuration for that? I was never able to get Win 
>98 apps to run on Win XP, even though it was advertised as a 
>supported capability. Haven't bothered with Windoze since then.
>
>>
>>  But with OS X . . .
>>
>>  Oh dear, i remember the days when we used to boast about the 
>>backward compatibility of Mac OS and laugh at Windoze users.  :(
>>
>>  Cheers, geoff
>
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>
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