Classic has quit on this Xmac. I've even lost some writing, when using BBEdit rather than X's TextEdit.
But the only trouble I've had with X is at shutdown. I've had to force quit Classic several times, at shutdown, and once X itself just would not go down. I turned off the switch on back. At restart, the OS 9.1 drive took over. I ran the Norton disk utility, and there had been a problem (which it fixed) on the X-side drive. I selected that drive as the startup disk, restarted, and haven't had a problem since.
I like X, though I've been avoiding the way it corrals you into putting documents where IT wants, rather than where I want them. We'll see how I like this over time. At present, cluttering up the desktop is my only revenge against this annoying feature of X.
Speedwise, OS X is faster at system startup, and faster starting up OS X apps than OS 9 was with its apps. Some basic system functions, such as displaying a page in Mail, are obviously slower. The Firefox Web browser seems faster than anything I've experienced in OS 9.
Visually, OS X is lovely. I hide the Dock during normal use, bringing it up only when I want it. It's nice, though when in Classic, I still prefer the right-hand pull-down menu showing the apps running. Classic may be a bit more flaky than straight 9.1, but X is the first stable computer operating system I've ever worked with, more stable than NT on a maxed out Windows box. I've had no trouble with running Photoshop in Classic and many apps running in X. BBEdit's been the real problem in Classic. Hmmmm. All in all, OS X is a great system.
QUESTION: When I switch to the B&W, may I simply remove the OS X drive from this Mac and place it in the B&W?
My plan is to take a large, fastSCSI hard drive from my broken Mac and place it in the B&W (it contains OS 9.1), and then simply move this current X drive to the B&W, too. Is this doable? I've heard tales that OS X doesn't like this kind of treatment....
ANOTHER Q: Are there free upgrades above OS X 10.1?
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