Old timer looking for help

[Kailish]

Greetings All

To start out with I have a old Beige G3 (233) and yes this is old.

I am about to buy a New iMac, my questions are.

Will Quark 4.1 run on the new OS
Will Photoshop 5.5 run on the new OS
Will Illustrator 8 run on the new OS

What programs will I need to help?
Font manager??
Any other suggestions??

 

[Jaffa Cake]

Quark 4.1 will run under Classic (that's how we use it at work) – it has a few quirks but you should be able to run it fine. We ran Illustrator 8 and Photoshop 5.5 in Classic on an earlier version of OS X and they worked fine – I would imagine they'd do the same under Tiger but don't quote me on that.

You'll need Adobe Type Manager installed to make the Classic apps render your type nice and smooth, in Quark certainly.

 

[yenko]

Greetings All

To start out with I have a old Beige G3 (233) and yes this is old.

I am about to buy a New iMac, my questions are.

Will Quark 4.1 run on the new OS
Will Photoshop 5.5 run on the new OS
Will Illustrator 8 run on the new OS

What programs will I need to help?
Font manager??
Any other suggestions??

It's time to do a serious upgrade. Forget that old stuff. You're not saving anything by trying to make old software work on a new OS.
The new stuff is so much better. Spend the money and get the current software to match the operating system, you won't regret it.
I was reluctant to make the switch at first. It took me a couple of weeks to adjust to OS X; haven't looked back since.

 

[~Shard~]

Jaffa Cake is correct, your apps will run in Classic with little difficulty, however I, too, recommend treating yourself to the current versions of these apps. I don't know your financial situation, and I know it's tough to shell out a lot of cash for new software, but compared to the versions you're currently using, the new versions are significantly improved and I think it would be worth it for you. Then you can also take full advantage of running nice new software on your nice new machine without having to do any "Classic vooodoo".

Personally I thin it is worth the investment, but I understand the bank account sometimes won't allow it...