Perhaps what he meant to say is that the computer would keep the settings he applied, which included the matching desktop. In that, he would be right, however confusing and misleading that might sound.
I have heard weirder things said by well-meaning, computer-ignorant people. Conversely, a friend of mine berated (violently) the Apple salesperson who sold her a brand new machine because "it did not come with all the OS updates, so I had to install them myself..." HTH, Felix On Oct 13, 9:38 am, Bob Archambault <bob...@cox.net> wrote: > Hello All...First time poster here... > > The other day, I picked up an old iMac G3 266 "Grape". The seller of > the machine showed me that it worked on premises, and particularly > noted how the color of the desktop (Mac OS 9.2.2) matched the case > color. He then proceeded to tell me that OS 9, upon installation, > "reads the codes" of the computer (from ROM, I presume) and > automatically sets the desktop to the matching color. > > Can anyone actually confirm this to be true? Or was this guy just > BSing me? > > Thanks... > > Bob Archambault -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
