We are a bigger club than we may realize.
I didn't want to give up Adobe PhotoDeluxe 1.1, or Eudora, or Appleworks.
You're right, siren7400, it is very tricky to install SheepShaver, but not impossible. Today I am using SheepShaver on top of Mt.Lion. PhotoDeluxe 1.1 is working great. I'm not the brightest bulb on the tree, just very determined. I used three different sources to figure out how to accomplish SS. The man most responsible can be found at this link http://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/sheepshaver_mac_os_x_setup. He was very patient with me, which can't be too easy. I also used two different youtube videos to help me understand.
I have way more time than I have money, so if time is scarce for you, I think the option of purchasing an older Mac may be a good idea. I doubt that I will totally give up my G5.
I bought a Mac Mini 2012 (late) with Mt. Lion recently, but we bought my husband (on a G4/Tiger) a 2010 (mid) on ebay that's working pretty good; it came with SnowLeopard, still supporting Rossetta, which allows him to continue with AppleWorks and Eudora. He doesn't use his computer like I do, so photodeluxe wasn't an issue for him.
I installed Parellels 8 and Server SnowLeopard on Mt. Lion, but so far, I'm not too impressed. My husand's future problem is that when Apple and others stop supporting SnowLeopard and Firefox or Safarie, it opens the Mac up to NO new updates ie, adobe flash used with Youtube, and hackers. We just bought him some time, that's all. Already there are various areas on PPC Tiger that I can not view on my G5.
But since Mac users have always been treated like the "ugly step children" in a Window's world, there are those Mac folks who forever come up with something new (third party) to save the day. It's not that change is the enemy, it's that if it isn't broken why fix it?
KVM also makes a switch so you can use the same monitor/keyboard/mouse on two Macs. And, they also make the same switch for dual monitors. A bit pricy, but check it out at KVM's offical site.
Now I have to relearn how to increase the memory so QT will work.
Patt