On Mar 11, 2005, at 2:05 PM, TVirkkala wrote:
I've been on OS X 10.1 for a week, now.
10.1 is sort of intermediate OS X.
10.0 was 'Oh wow, it runs, now let me reboot into OS 9 to get some real work done.'
10.1 was 'Hey, I can use this for a few hours at a time before I have to reboot into 9 to do something like print.'
10.2 was 'Hey, I can use this all the time. Once a week or so I gotta boot into 9 to do something. Sure hope they upgrade that program soon.'
10.3 is 'You know, I'm just wasting disk space with that Classic folder I never use anymore. To the Trash with you!'
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.
Mozilla and FF have always been smoking fast in OS X.
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?
Yes.
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....
So long as the B&W has the requisite SCSI controller.
ANOTHER Q: Are there free upgrades above OS X 10.1?
You can go up to 10.1.5 for free.
10.2 and 10.3 are pay-only, though OWC sells them for $28 and $75 respectively.
I very strongly recommend moving to at least one 10.2. 10.1 is to 10.2 like 7.0 was to 8.0. Your B&W will natively support up to the latest version.
10.2 was a huge leap forward in speed, reliability and functionality for OS X, the first version that was truly a 'all-day long' OS.
10.3 is to 10.2 like 8.6 was to 8.1...considerable refinement, and a bunch of goodies, but not the enormous leap forward 8.0 was.
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