On Sunday, October 6, 2002, at 10:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hey there, > As most of you know, I'm that guy who still claims apple had it > right in > OS 7.6... > Having said that, I might be ready to take the plunge into mac OS X! > > A little history: > When i bought my quicksilver last summer, it had 10 on it... but it > never > started up right and eventually took 4 complete wipes and the decision > that X > was evil before I could actually use my wonderful new computer. > Granted, I > hate 9, but i hate it less than X. > > Now, i wont even consider putting X on my QS, but I will try it on > my > bronze. As I have pretty much shunned X, I am somewhat (and it is hard > to > admit, being such a mac fan that I am) out of the loop as far as X is > concerned. So, i am hoping that you guys can give me as much info as I > need > to keep my laptop from exploding, or me from taking a large magnet to > my hard > drive. > > Here's what I'm working with > > 10.1.5, not jag. > a 333 bronze > 216MB ram > 4 gig HD, (I'll partition like so: 2gig for X, 500 for 9, and 1.5 for > docs/music) > > I would appreciate personal experience, especially using photoshop > (in > classic.. grr). > > And finally, If I adopt X, I really want to exploit all of its > features such > as the terminal. I'm pretty much a power user (I must have 5 or 6 > copies of > resedit on this comp and MPW, code warrior, mac os bugs, etc.) So if > you can > send me some info on navigating with terminal, it would be much > appreciated. > if you would ratehr send me any terminal commands off list, that will > work > too. ( = > > Thanks everyone ( : > -Dylan Not sure partitioning such a small hard drive in that way is best, but for what it's worth I think you will be surprised at how stable and fun OS X can be. Some words of caution seeing how you apparently like to tweak things, don't go crazy with that. OS X particularly hates for you to move the applications around. When it's time to do updates, the updater can't find what it's updating if it's not where it's supposed to be. Don't rename folders that came with the OS. Lot's of people have problems resulting from interface "enhancements" that make changes to menus and such. I really did love OS 9 and was very reluctant to switch up. But now I almost never look back (except when using Photoshop in classic which does work fine for me, though I am not really a power photoshopper.) I think if you can afford it you really should get Jaguar as it is much more stable and faster for me than 10.1.5 was. Basically I have had no problems that could not be fixed quick with simple tools. Good luck and have fun. Greg -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
