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From: "pgpapas" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 5:50 PM
To: "Vintage Macs" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Question about Mac IIsi
Keep in mind, we're talking about a Mac here, not a PC, an older one
at that.
The "clean install" thing really doesn't apply here as it does in the
PC world since you don't have all the junk files, misdirected registry
entries, etc (sometimes gigs of them over time). Just removing stuff
you don't need should be enough.
I've NEVER reformatted any of the drives in my Plus, SE30, or IIFX,
and they've all run file since bought new from '86 thu '92.
Also keep in mind that this pertains to the Classic Mac OS, and not OSx
OSx has plenty of problems with permissions, and other software refrence
problems, just as Windows has it's share of registry errors (both of wich
are quite easily repaired with only a few clicks)
Both the PC and the Mac suffer from something called Fragmentation which is
what the reformat (soft-format, also called re-initilization) does away with
for a period of time. All it does is place all the system files back at the
start of the disk, making them much faster to access.
As for Junk Files and misdirected whatnot, a Mac still has the same
problems, it's called a WebCache, and any Browser Enabled OS (which I
wouldn't know any more geared to just internet than Mac OS) would be filled
with without regular cleaning. it's just digital nature to be crap, and you
have to make sure it never "devolves" into crap, by maintiaing it regularly.
which a PC owner doesn't maintain as much of, seeing as they hold onto, and
use for nearly twice the time as a Mac owner.
Just my 2 cents.
-Christian (AKA Pizzaboy192)
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