on 12/17/02 11:11 PM, Bill Fischer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I currently have a Pismo and the primary applications I use are; > AppleWorks; Filemaker; BluePrint; Quicken; Now UptoDate & Contact; > Eudora; Explorer; Reunion; Route 66; Solitaire; > > Anyway, what am I missing? What are the real advantages of OS 10 over Windows?
For you? Probably none--at least just yet. Do you crash a lot? If so, then definitely consider it. Most of the apps you have mentioned have upgrades, a couple of them even free--and you may have the X version of Quicken on your CD. What I personally think you need to consider first and foremost is if you think you will be upgrading your hardware in another year or two. If so, then I would wait and upgrade to X then. If you are planning on holding out three or four years yet, then you might want to consider the X upgrade much sooner--in this case, the sooner the better--to get the most use out of the money you are going to spend on upgrading (I'm assuming you will get extra RAM and possibly a bigger hard drive, as well as pay for at least one or two upgrades to your software.) Do you have any peripherals such as scanners or digital cameras? If so, then you will want to look for X drivers for those before you upgrade. You may not be able to use them under X, and they may not work under Classic either. As for comparing it to Windows, specifically XP, well, I actually considered it--for about 30 seconds. I have a close friend who runs XP, and while he finds it the best he's used to date, it is still plagued with problems that will take him down for a day or two while he "rewinds" his system, or even, on occasion, reinstalls. There is still a big difference between the two worlds, even between X and XP. When you add to that the fact that you have to buy whole new hardware and software, it's just not worth it. Make the switch to X before youdo that! (and this from someone who has yet to move to X for the reasons of expense--among others--but strangely, writing to you has just about changed my mind--I think I just might upgrade with the new year.) :-) -- -Jon Glass Krakow, Poland <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide." --John Adams -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
