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From: Mike Rosenberg on 9 Feb 2010 18:26
John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:

> Going from a PPC Tiger based G4 to a Intel mac what can I expect? Do I
> need to know anything special? I sure hope that Migration will not
> replace SL files with Tiger files.


If you needed to know anything special, Apple wouldn't have it come up
automatically when you first boot up a new Mac. It's designed to just
work. That includes being able to migrate from Macs running older OS
versions. How could it NOT? Of course one's older computer should be
expected to be running an older OS!

Anyway, as long as your apps are SL-compatible (and Office 2004 is fine,
even Office X is okay), you should be fine. Some may require serial
numbers to be re-entered (Office does _not_), and programs that require
activation may need to be reactivated.

Are you using any versions of Photoshop or Photoshop Elements? Elements
2.0 won't work on anything later than Tiger.

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From: Mike Rosenberg on 9 Feb 2010 19:12
John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:

> > Anyway, as long as your apps are SL-compatible (and Office 2004 is fine,
> > even Office X is okay), you should be fine. Some may require serial
> > numbers to be re-entered (Office does _not_), and programs that require
> > activation may need to be reactivated.
> >
> > Are you using any versions of Photoshop or Photoshop Elements? Elements
> > 2.0 won't work on anything later than Tiger.
>
> I am using the clasic version which I will lose. As far as other buyware
> I may have lost some serial numbers so may need those again. I hope I do
> not have to do this with Office 2004 but let me check if I have the old
> serial number. Checking..... I have it thank goodness.

And I just told you that's one that does _not_ require the serial number
again.

> Too bad I will lose Classic unless there is a way to migrate Photoshop and
> my other apps to SL with some other way to run OS 9 in SL.

There's Sheepshaver, which will let you run Mac OS 9.0.4 or earlier (not
9.1 or later, and earlier includes at least as far back as 7.5.5), but
its not seamless like Classic. Far from it. I guarantee you'll hate it.
I bet you can buy a copy of Photoshop Elements 3.0 really cheap.

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From: Mike Rosenberg on 9 Feb 2010 20:21
John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:

> > There's Sheepshaver, which will let you run Mac OS 9.0.4 or earlier (not
> > 9.1 or later, and earlier includes at least as far back as 7.5.5), but
> > its not seamless like Classic. Far from it. I guarantee you'll hate it.
> > I bet you can buy a copy of Photoshop Elements 3.0 really cheap.
>
> I have other Classic apps.

Which ones?

> perhaps I should buy a older PowerBook on
> ebay, or after I get the iBook transferred reformat the HD and run a
> base version of Tiger with Classic.

I don't know what you mean by "base version" but in any case you won't
mind the kernel panics?

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