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In article <B5E5C2BD.4DBE%nobody@nowhere.com>, OlosSaw 
<nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

> Before you go out and order one to install on your Mac, check that your
> PowerMac is supported and more importantly, according to macrumors.com, 
> Mac
> OS X Beta has an expiration date of 15 May 2001.  After that date, you'll
> need the retail Mac OS X CD to boot up your Mac and gain access to your
> harddisk.  
> (http://www.macrumors.com/article.php3?sid=20000913060311&ms=1)

You're overstating the case. The Apple document referred to in that 
article makes it clear that although the MacOS X beta will stop working, 
you can use *any other* bootable CD to start up from, for example the 
MacOS 8 or 9 or whatever system you've already got. Then use startup 
disk or whatever to continue using your classic MacOS installation.

Also, although I have no proof of this, I very much doubt that there 
will be anything stopping you from booting your other operating system 
by holding down option at startup (to choose the boot partition) after 
that date.

> So if you buy the beta now, you pretty much have to buy the official 
> release
> to continue using Mac OS X on your PowerMac.
>
> Be forewarned.

Of course you will! What did you expect? You want Apple to give away 
their next-gen operating system for free? Why is it surprising that you 
will need to buy MacOS X if you want to run MacOS X?

And if you *don't* buy the beta now, you'll still have to buy the 
official release if you want to run it when it comes out!

And if you *do* but the beta and you don't like it, there's *nothing* to 
stop you from using your classic operating system on your Powermac 
before or after 15 May next year.

Andrew

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