I've just discovered this website.

https://www.infinitemac.org

It is dedicated to emulating all classic versions of Mac OS from version 1 up to 9. So every one before OSX.

And it does this in a browser. Just pick the OS you want to try and the Virtual Mac will boot up in your browser and run, complete with some software and games included. And it runs perfectly. I even tested it in Chrome in my phone and it works.

You might be asking why I'm even looking at this because of my dislike for Apple. I actually have a soft support for the older beige Macs. They were rubbish for gaming, but in that late 90s they were the best platform for design software, as well as music and video. I had to use them for 3 years at university and before that at college for things like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkXpress and Adobe Premiere. So it's a nice nostalgia trip.

I first testing 7 as that's the first version I used to use, and that brought back some memories. But then I was messing around with 8.6 as that's the one I started to use more from University. They have even included a copy of Adobe Photoshop 3. The first version I used and learnt. That really brought back memories. It's mad to think Photoshop 3 is knocking on 29+ years old. The software has since evolved a long way, but version 3 stands out because all of the main features are still in place and for most design work you could still easily use this old version.

Mac OS had its charms and did do some things nicely, but it was also quite a clunky OS in other regards.
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