Re: [NTLK] Native installer for NCU and OS X Update

From: Laurent Daudelin (laurent.daudelin_at_verizon.net)
Date: Wed Nov 09 2005 - 19:55:40 PST


on 09/11/05 18:58, James Wages at james_at_kiramek.com wrote:

> On 11/10/05 2:25 AM, Chris <xtel_at_mac.com> wrote:
>> Classic support will continue
>> on the existing machines - so we got a
>> few years left at least.
>
> That assumes "we" includes folks who won't upgrade to the latest Macs.
>
>> There are certainly other package
>> installers out there like NewTen or
>> Escale that are OS X Native.
>
> But like I said, if these apps are so great, why are people still using NCU,
> trying to buy older OS 9 Macs to support it? The answer simply must be that
> the OS X native Newton apps are lackluster at best. And if after all these
> years, these OS X native apps still aren't as capable as a 1996 piece of
> software (NCU), then I doubt they ever will be.

I tried Escale a few times and found it to be unreliable. Plus, it doesn't
seem like they've been updated in ages. Last update of Escale was in 2003...

-Laurent.

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