Bryce Lee wrote: > >Gad, this is getting to be a right royal pain in the butt! > >So I return to a question posed a week or so past. > >If this e-mac was sitting on a shelf brand new, with nothing on the >hard drive, >what is the option/possibility of using ONLY 8.6 or as is now preferred >the final version of 9.2 as the only operating system? > >When my iMac died the hard drive of 6 gig had 5.6 gig free! >Heavens knows the 40 gig hard drive will maybe only use half a gig if I >use 9.2? >Not that it matters. > >And who out there on this list use only 9.2 or >similar on their new eMac or gimbel mounted iMac? > >Is OSX all its cracked up to be or does it need a lot of refinement? >Or am I to forever be stuck in limbo between operating systems? >
You're not alone - many who have installed "X" are encountering startup and myriad other problems. Unless I have specific needs that only "X" can address I would stay clear and use only classic 8.6, 9.1, or 9.2.1 together with ATI Radeon. Charlie -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
