**i hope i have posted this in the correct forum?** Why dont Mac OS X and Mac OS Classic (9.2 and below) have their own forums? Comparing Mac OS X to Mac OS 9, is like comparing windows xp to windows 3.1 besides just mac os x and classic, what about the different versions of OSX should be separated. 10.0 - 10.2, in a forum, 10.3 and 10.4 in another, and 10.5 and 10.6 in another. in my opinion here is what mac os "translates" into windows Mac OS 8 - windows 98/95 Mac OS 9 - Windows 98SE/ME Mac OS X 10.0/1/2 - windows ME Mac OS X 10.3 windows 2000/XP Mac OS X 10.4 XP/Vista Mac OS X 10.5/6 Vista/7

Operating System Total Market Share -- July, 2009 Windows -- 93.04% Mac -- 4.86% Linux -- 1.05% Others -- ~1.05% There ya go :-) Windows 7 News!

And I think ~99% of Mac users mispost in the General Hardware forum anyway. Skip

That would make sense since the Mac isn't a "PC" according to Apple. Windows 7 News!

Hey, Ideally, I agree that they should be separated. However, there are so few postings on that forum as it is, I don't see much of a point. Justin

That would make sense since the Mac isn't a "PC" according to Apple. It used to be Mac was all proprietary. Proprietary hardware as well as OS. Now, they're built from exactly all the same parts as any "PC" (ie: NVIDIA graphics, SoundBlaster sound etc etc etc) and Mac's OS X is based on BSD (UNIX for those of you who aren't in the know). So the only thing proprietary on them anymore is the brand name. Not to mention, the acronym PC stands for "Personal Computer" of which Mac most definitely is now, and has always been................... That's why I always laugh at those "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" commercials...........they're all PC's............LOL Ideally, I agree that they should be separated. However, there are so few postings on that forum as it is, I don't see much of a point. I don't hang in that forum, but that would have been exactly my guess as to why. No surprise there.

lol i know, even more now that macs are x86-64