Hey guys and welcome to a new episode of Nomadic Dmitry channel
Today we will talk about Mac OS 9, Mac OS X and iMac G4 computer that I have here
I think those products are representative of their era
I also think there are some certain things that those operating systems did better comparing to modern Operating Systems
Let's discuss those points
The first reason is the simple UI that Mac OS 9 and earlier versions of Mac OS X had
Look at the size of the windows. It's really compact and comfortable to use
Not everything was ideal in Mac OS 9, but this part was interesting
You can also still browse the web on Mac OS 9 using the browser called Classilla
This is basically a port of Firefox
for the Mac OS 9 platform
It's loading things very slow, but at least it's loading something
It just loaded the first page of the Clasilla project
The way it works is that it displays the layout made for mobile devices there
You can try to load youtube.com, but it's going to be very slow
It tries to load, but then you get a security warning
It's a iMac G4, so you can expect this speed from 2003-2004 machine
What I also like about Mac OS 9 is the ability to minimize the main area of the application
There are some things that I don't like - for example there is no "System Preferences" like in Mac OSX
Everything is separated into multiple menus. That doesn't feel that great
Let's boot into the Mac OS Tiger and check it out how it works
We need to go to system settings and select which system we would like to boot
In this case it's Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
I already discussed other menus of Mac OS 9 in my previous video about
Two years later I'm doing this video on the same computer and it still does feel like it's a capable machine
Especially with Internet connection you can still find use cases for it
Another problem of Mac OS 9 is bad multi-tasking and it stalls frequently when performing multiple operations at once
Winamp player was also avaiable for Mac OS 9 which is nice
It's one of my favorite MP3 players out there
You can still use it
There is a Microsoft Word installed and you can still use it for typing simple documents
There is still a community of people who use Mac OS 9 and enjoy it
I personally think it was a good system, but because of the bad architecture it didn't had chances in 21st century
That's why it was replaced by Mac OS X
Let's switch to Mac OS X Tiger and explore it
What I like about Mac OS X Tiger is the fact that this OS feels like Windows XP. Stable, not much animation and perfect for general tasks
For example, the "Spotlight" was in the correct place and always accessible. Now it's just floating around the UI.
You can also browse the Web Using applications like TenFourFox
You can download the version for your platform. In my case it was PowerPC G4 7450 type of processor
It's also slow, but at least loading something
It's loading YouTube, but it takes a long time to load it
Mac OS 9 didn't even loaded YouTube (it seems like)
Another feature is the "Classic" environment which allowed running Mac OS 9 applications easily on PowerPC processors
You just press on the Classic environment and then start it
It's going to load Mac OS 9 and then you can load any Mac OS 9 application there
You can also easily switch between Mac OS X and Mac OS 9 applications using the panel
It even has the Mac OS 9 context menu there
As you can see it works fine, except you can see that the style of an Application is outdated and icons look pixelated
You can also run Winamp there as well that I used in Mac OS 9
After we are done with the "Classic" environment we can press "Stop" to free up some memory
I like the fact that there was not much bloatware in Mac OS 9 and earlier versions of Mac OS X
There was also no limitations on how you install applications on your computer. It was less secure, but you had full control
Nothing prevented you from installing any applications on the computer
I also like the Disk Utility on older Mac OS X
It had much more advanced options. Many features were later removed
Another reason that I liked the older versions of Mac OS X is the "Single User Mode"
This allowed you to load into the console mode and perform anything that you want with your system
Later on this ability was removed and replaced by "Recover mode"
But I like the ability to skip the User Interface and boot straight into the console
Modern versions of Mac OS X became locked down and not very efficient for power users
Latest transition to ARM most likely will also mark an end for those who liked Mac OS X for the advanced features
Modern Mac OS is all about the User Interface and less about the functionality
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