Go ahead. it should work just fine (Come to think of it... i've got a couple lying around in a box somewhere, my school used them between a bunch of old MacII systems and their 6100 lab)
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 7:14 PM, David Colvin <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for all the input on reformatting. I've learned a great deal, which > is why I subscribed to this and several other Mac groups but regarding the > original topic; does anyone see any reason why I should not sell this LaCie > external hard drive for use with a Mac IIsi? > I just want to make sure this gentleman is going to pleased with his hard > drive when it arrives in the mail. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 5:50 PM, pgpapas <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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. >> >> On Jan 7, 11:41 am, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: >> > At 5:08 PM -0600 1/6/2010, David Colvin wrote: >> > >> > >In the late 1990's, I was taking some graphics (Photoshop, >> > >Illustrator etc.)and I had a teacher tell me that I should back >> > >everything up and do a clean install about once a year. >> > >> > >So, you are saying back then, it was okay but not a good thing on OS X? >> > >> > Correct. >> > >> > The overkill of reformatting instead of just re-loading aside, the >> > real point of doing that was to defragment the files on the disk. In >> > the classic Mac OS, this would give a pretty good performance boost, >> > especially if you used apps like Photoshop and processed lots of mid >> > sized files. >> > >> > A number of improvements have been made to the HFS file system since >> > then, to reduce fragmentation and fix the performance issue. Plus, >> > OS X watches things and does critical defragging automatically, as >> > you use the machine. >> > >> > - Dan. >> > -- >> > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. >> >> -- >> ----- >> You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs >> group. >> The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our >> netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To leave this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs >> >> Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > > > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs > group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > -- -Sent from a Windows PC
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