(This is a poll, but there’s no facility for multi-question polling in the new “Polls” feature…)
A. THOSE OLDER APPS (OR NOT)…
You don’t have any need for Rosetta; all your apps are Intel-native these days
You don’t have any need for Classic or SheepShaver; all your Mac apps are OSX-native
All of your Classic apps are PowerPC-native or FAT; you no longer run any 68K apps
Every single one of your apps is 32-bit compatible; you never need to run in 24-bit mode
All your applications are compatible with the color environment; none of them require black-and white
You have no need for pre-System 7 “one app at a time” mode because they can all run in MultiFinder or the System 7+ environment
There is no reason for you to boot a system earlier than System 6 for any of your programs; they’ll all System-6 compatibile or beyond. Except for FONTastic which you hardly EVER use except when you need a deco bitmap font in a hurry for an art project
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B. F KEYS (WHATEVER THAT MAY MEAN)…
F Keys, yeah, for changing brightness or sound and stuff like that, use 'em all the time.
F Keys, sure, like F2 for Cut, F3 for Copy, or assigning your own macros to. Good to have.
Always went with the Standard keyboard myself, never needed all that “F1 F2” stuff or silly keys like “Page Up” or “End” or whatever. Keyboards should be simple, not complicated.
FKeys, I remember those. I had one for Command-Shift-6 that did such-and-such. And I remember how to install them!
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C. A SUPERDRIVE IS A…
Oh, I want one of those. Be able to read or burn CDs, standard or dual-layer DVDs, or BluRay disks. That’s awesome.
For sure it’s nice to be able to burn a DVD and not just read from it.
I like being able to read PC formatted diskettes, and to be able to use hi-density 1.4 MB disks. (But the 800K disks are actually better, ya know)
D. THE MACINTOSH WAY OF COMPRESSING FILES…
You right-click them and select “Compress {filename}” from the contextual menu
You control-click the file and select “Create Archive of {filename}…”
That’s why I keep DropStuff on my Desktop. Drag-n-drop, baby!
I use the Stuffit Deluxe system-wide menu, myself
Bill Goodman’s excellent Compact Pro is my tool of choice.
I downloaded this thing called PackIt from the local BBS the other day, it’s great!
E. TO EMAIL A FILE ATTACHMENT…
Services ——> Mail ——> Send File
New message, address it, drag file to window
New message, click paperclip or Message menu ——> Attach Document, navigate to file, click “OK”.
Well yeah but first you have to stuff it. Be a good netizen. Never send large files!
And then you have to BinHex it. Nothing but ASCII characters can reliably be sent via email, everyone knows that.
And then insert the BinHexxed file into your email body. Some clients may not receive an attachment as a separate entity, especially if their email access is through their institution’s mainframe. The recipient will do a Save As to their local disk and trim out all the text above and below “This file must be converted by BinHex 4.0” before decoding it.
