Kim, I do know and use X - 10.3.6 on a G4 iBook and a 2001 G3 iBook also. It does have lots of nice features and I am coming to like and use it most of the time. I do not like its looks nor the mystery of all the unix features - I am a user, not a programmer, and the whole command line and terminal scares me as it is so obscure and I am not a great typist. Also when it starts spinning beachball behaviours I don't know who long I'll have to wait or what it is doing... I'm learning, though.
My question was not why X, but why X on older hardware! I'm keeping my 9500/G3 on 9.1 for as long as it still functions! The bloat and gimmickry is how I view all the eye candy that I have to disable in X so I can avoid being distracted by the blinking and bouncing junk - Like towing an empty trailer, I'd rather use the horsepower to get somewhere without the silly image stuff. Silly analogy, perhaps so maybe it is a matter of taste. I'm not in need of fancy graphics. I must say though that I have never used the built-in burning capabilities. Guess I'll look around and see what's up with it. Most of my CD burning is audio and I need to know it is doing what I need for client masters and such. So I found these directions online (sorry the formatting is funky - copied and pasted from a pdf in X.3.6): "CD Burning Directions: When you insert a blank CD-R or CD-RW disc, a message asks you to prepare the disc for burning. This formats the disc so that information can be written to it. Insert a blank CD-R or CDRW disc into your computer�s optical drive. Choose a format for the disc from the Format pop-up menu and click Prepare. 1. Insert a blank CD-R or CD-RW into your computer�s CD drive.2. A dialog box should appear. Enter a name for the disc and click OK.3. Wait while your computer prepares the disc. When it is finished a CD-ROM disc icon will appear on the desktop. 4. Drag the files you want to write on the disc onto the disk icon or into the open disc window. 5. Wait while your computer copies the files. 6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 until all files you want on the disc have been copied. 7. From the File menu choose Burn Disc 8. A confirmation dialog box appears. Click Burn. 9. Wait while your computer prepares, burns and verifies the disc. A Burn window reports its progress. When it disappears, the disk is ready. Is this "Click and burn?" How is that better than opening Toast, dropping the file(s) on it and hitting Record (command-R)? Seems like about 7 extra steps... If you know a more efficient way, I'll be happy to hear it. I'm really not being argumentative, just curious... Thanks. I' am always willing to learn... Lou Kim Blair wrote: > > Wow Lou, > Apparently you haven't tried OSX.3 > I just switched from my beloved OS9 a couple of months ago. > > I thought I'd never switch to OSX (tried OSX.1 & OSX.2) but once I > tried OSX.3, I am ready to sell the house to buy any software I may > actually need to go totally OSX. > It is not a bloated gimmicky software. > It is an awesome software! > Amazingly, OSX comes with every driver I've ever needed without any > special install. > For instance, I don't need toast with my burner anymore, nor printer > drivers, etc. > For instance with the Toast software, you have to click on this, choose > that, click this... while, with OSX you just click and burn. :o) > Try it you'll like it! > Kim > :o) > > > Why would anyone want to run OSX on an old computer? It seems to me > > that such a bloated gimmicky OS would naturally run slower on an old > > system... Is it just to prove it can be done, or do you actually > > expect to see benefits? > e -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
