So why accept the assignment? It goes back to a phenomenon we looked at a few months back as part of our extensive Android history article. Technology of all kinds-computers, game consoles, software-moves forward, but it rarely progresses with any regard for preservation. I only began using Macs seriously after the Intel transition, when the Mac stopped being a byword for Micro$oft-hating zealotry and started to be just, you know, a computer. I have fuzzy, vaguely fond memories of running the Mac version of Oregon Trail, playing with After Dark screensavers, and using SimpleText to make the computer swear, but that was never a world I truly lived in. What's that adage-something about being flexible enough to bend when the wind blows, because being rigid means you'll just break? That's my approach to computing.įurther Reading Old school: I work in DOS for an entire day I roll with whatever new software companies push out, even if it requires small changes to my workflow. In the long run it's just easier to do that than it is to declare you won't ever upgrade again because someone changed something in a way you didn't like. I'm not one for misplaced nostalgia I have fond memories of installing MS-DOS 6.2.2 on some old hand-me-down PC with a 20MB hard drive at the tender age of 11 or 12, but that doesn't mean I'm interested in trying to do it again. Using Mac OS 9 did not initially seem like such a "great idea" to me, though. The above is a lightly edited conversation between Senior Reviews Editor Lee Hutchinson and Automotive Editor Jonathan Gitlin in the Ars staff IRC channel on July 22 of 2014. Jonathan: perhaps AndrewC should have to use OS 9 for a day or two )
We're resurfacing his experience from September 2014 for your holiday reading pleasure. But one thing our Andrew Cunningham remains unthankful about is that time we forced him to take an extended dive back into the world of OS 9. It's Thanksgiving, all Ars staff is off, and we're grateful for it (running a site remains tough work).
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