Back a couple years, there was those PowerPC challenges organized semiannually.
As I remember, the first of its kind was held from the first to the seventh of January.
As the new year approaches, I was wondering if such a challenge was in preparation.
I also have some ideas, that I wish to submit to the forum.
I'm not a regular poster but a very regular reader and user of PowerPC macs. At the moment, at least 50% of my time on a computer is spent on a PowerPC machine.
And even though such machines are really limited for some basic tasks of today's world, overcoming those limitations would be really easy for a week, so much for the challenge.
Thus I propose 2 things:
1) The organization of the 2019 PowerPC challenge in early January, can be 1 to 7 or any other one week period during January
2) The creation of several categories
For this number 2, my idea is as follow:
For some people, there is nothing uncommon using a PowerPC Mac daily. For others, using one past the few nostalgia minutes once in a while will be a daunting task.
The former should, thus, add to their challenge.
The rest of the rules would be the usual "outside of (paid) work, try to use only a PowerPC machine for a week".
I propose those categories, which can be changed, altered, simplified or discarded if you think that is a bad idea.
- Basic: Just use a PowerPC Mac with Leopard or Tiger
- Medium: Mac OS 9, 10.3 and 10.2 fall here
- Hard mode: 10.1 and 10.0, pre Mac OS 9 OSs
- Expert: X Public Beta
- Expert(foolish)+: X Developer preview build 3 and 4
- Expert(foolish)++: X Developer preview build 1 and 2
Obviously, going back to earlier versions also means going back to earlier machines, with even more limitations.
However, I think that starting the year dealing with an old machine and dodgy software might increase productivity and help us all spend a bit more time away from our keyboards, and close to our loved ones. It will also bring a bit of diversity and variety in everyone's experiences, leading to a wider array of anecdotes, advises and tales on our dear old macs.
Awaiting your comments and suggestions!
As I remember, the first of its kind was held from the first to the seventh of January.
As the new year approaches, I was wondering if such a challenge was in preparation.
I also have some ideas, that I wish to submit to the forum.
I'm not a regular poster but a very regular reader and user of PowerPC macs. At the moment, at least 50% of my time on a computer is spent on a PowerPC machine.
And even though such machines are really limited for some basic tasks of today's world, overcoming those limitations would be really easy for a week, so much for the challenge.
Thus I propose 2 things:
1) The organization of the 2019 PowerPC challenge in early January, can be 1 to 7 or any other one week period during January
2) The creation of several categories
For this number 2, my idea is as follow:
For some people, there is nothing uncommon using a PowerPC Mac daily. For others, using one past the few nostalgia minutes once in a while will be a daunting task.
The former should, thus, add to their challenge.
The rest of the rules would be the usual "outside of (paid) work, try to use only a PowerPC machine for a week".
I propose those categories, which can be changed, altered, simplified or discarded if you think that is a bad idea.
- Basic: Just use a PowerPC Mac with Leopard or Tiger
- Medium: Mac OS 9, 10.3 and 10.2 fall here
- Hard mode: 10.1 and 10.0, pre Mac OS 9 OSs
- Expert: X Public Beta
- Expert(foolish)+: X Developer preview build 3 and 4
- Expert(foolish)++: X Developer preview build 1 and 2
Obviously, going back to earlier versions also means going back to earlier machines, with even more limitations.
However, I think that starting the year dealing with an old machine and dodgy software might increase productivity and help us all spend a bit more time away from our keyboards, and close to our loved ones. It will also bring a bit of diversity and variety in everyone's experiences, leading to a wider array of anecdotes, advises and tales on our dear old macs.
Awaiting your comments and suggestions!
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