Can I use an older OS on my MacBook Pro?

Question

Okay, so I have a program here that will only run on Mac OS 7.1, and I have OS X 10.4.11.

Is there any way to get my computer to run this software, maybe via an emulator, or something similar?

Answer 1

OS 7.1? You can use Mini vMac for that.

http://minivmac.sourceforge.net/

Answer 2

If you have a Intel mac, like the recent iMac or a MacBook/MacBook Pro, check what the other posters said...

If you have a PowerPC mac, such as a G4, G5 or an older iMac you can use Classic, an OS 9 emulator built into OS X

Answer 3

Woah, talk about old software. Since Apple transitioned to Intel, they removed official support for older operating systems. However, there is software that can be used to emulate OS 9, and perhaps even older operating systems.

See this post to learn about emulating an older OS using "Sheep Shaver":

http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/08...