Is this true?

[jwolf6589@aol.comnospam (JWolf6589)]

I read this quote: "All PC-compatible computers (even a 1Ghz PIII) are equipped
with hardware to provide this backward compatibility and are therefore able to
execute the large no. of applications which have been developed for
PC-compatible computers in the last 20 years."

If PC's are designed so smart, howcome the MacOS or should I say OSX is not
designed to be 100% backward compatible with all software developed for any
Apple computer ?  I mean all my Apple II software will not work on a OSX OS
without a emulator, and some of my MacOS classic software will not run under
OSX.  It is true OSX does offer a classic compatibility mode, but using this is
KINDA like using a emulator.  
	Maybe I am blind, but I know that when I use Windows XP I seem to have an
easier time using older Windows 98/95 software or even DOS software, than if I
were using Mac OSX and using ProDOS (Apple II software) or Mac OS classic
software.  

Also on the PC I am able to partition a hard drive to use any Windows or DOS
OS, but on the Mac this is simply not true.  Its a pain as I have a few usefull
programs that will not work in a non OS 7.x environent.  
Hence the Macs shipping in 2003 will not even be able to boot Mac OS 9.x!  


John



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