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Is Apple Ready for Y2K?

By Chris Salaz

ABSOLUTELY! Since the introduction of its first 128K Macintosh in 1984, Apple computers have been well able to handle the transition of the calendar year 1999-2000, through 2/6/2040 06:28:15 a.m.

If you are using a G3 Macintosh running MacOS 8, you are more than safe with a start date of 30,081 B.C. that extends to 29,940 A.D. And if your third-party applications use the Mac OS Toolbox calls properly, you will have no trouble with most applications that run on the Macintosh. Says Apple: "Any Mac OS application that makes correct use of the Mac OS Toolbox for time and date functions will be Year 2000 compliant."

Apple's official Year 2000 Compliance Statement says it all. " A Year 2000-compliant product from Apple will not produce errors processing date data in connection with the year change from December 31, 1999, to January 1, 2000, when used with accurate date data in accordance with its documentation, provided all other products (e.g., other software, firmware and hardware) used with it properly exchange date data with the Apple product. A Year 2000 Compliant product from Apple will recognize the Year 2000 as a leap year. "

I am a Mac user and am cross-platform knowledgeable. I am familiar with issues regarding Windows-based computers and the Year 2000 calendar year rollover, since I have been reading and researching the subject for a year or so.

If you use any third-party applications that are critical for your work, you will have to check with the vendors of those products regarding Y2K readiness.

Many times, users think only of their desktop computers and overlook the potential vulnerabilities presented by the phone system, electrical power grid, and other areas where the millenium bug could show its failure. Without electricity--well I hope you remember how to play the harmonica with your friends for entertainment.

The projected $600 billion cost to correct or offset the failure of date-sensitive computer systems is the first act; the next will be the litigation over the missed failures.

Reference Links used for this article include: Apple General (http://www.apple.com/about/year2000), MacOS version specific (http://www.apple.com/about/year2000/y2kos.html),Information Week (http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?|wk19980525s0037), and Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/)

Macinations

Is Apple Ready for Y2K?

*By Chris Salaz*
ABSOLUTELY! Since the introduction of its first 128K Macintosh in 1984, Apple computers have been well able to handle the transition of the calendar year 1999-2000, through 2/6/2040 06:28:15 a.m. If you are using a G3 Macintosh running MacOS 8, you are more than safe with a start date of 30,081 B.C. that extends to 29,940 A.D. And if your third-party applications use the Mac OS Toolbox calls properly, you will have no trouble with most applications that run on the Macintosh. Says Apple: "Any Mac OS application that makes correct use of the Mac OS Toolbox for time and date functions will be Year 2000 compliant." Apple's official Year 2000 Compliance Statement says it all. " A Year 2000-compliant product from Apple will not produce errors processing date data in connection with the year change from December 31, 1999, to January 1, 2000, when used with accurate date data in accordance with its documentation, provided all other products (e.g., other software, firmware and hardware) used with it properly exchange date data with the Apple product. A Year 2000 Compliant product from Apple will recognize the Year 2000 as a leap year. " I am a Mac user and am cross-platform knowledgeable. I am familiar with issues regarding Windows-based computers and the Year 2000 calendar year rollover, since I have been reading and researching the subject for a year or so. If you use any third-party applications that are critical for your work, you will have to check with the vendors of those products regarding Y2K readiness. Many times, users think only of their desktop computers and overlook the potential vulnerabilities presented by the phone system, electrical power grid, and other areas where the millenium bug could show its failure. Without electricity--well I hope you remember how to play the harmonica with your friends for entertainment. The projected $600 billion cost to correct or offset the failure of date-sensitive computer systems is the first act; the next will be the litigation over the missed failures. Reference Links used for this article include: Apple General (http://www.apple.com/about/year2000), MacOS version specific (http://www.apple.com/about/year2000/y2kos.html),Information Week (http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?\|wk19980525s0037), and Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/)

Chris Salaz is a co-Leader of the Macintosh SIG. He also runs OneClick Computing.