Okay, guys! i get smarter and smarter every day since I subscribed to this list. My brains are getting so big they are starting to ooze out of my ears. . .
On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 8:17 PM, pgpapas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Jan 7, 6:57 pm, "Christian Wacker" <[email protected]> wrote: > > -------------------------------------------------- > > 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 ... Just removing stuff you don't need should be enough. > > > I've NEVER reformatted ... since bought new from '86 thu '92. > > > > Also keep in mind that this pertains to the Classic Mac OS, and not OSx > > 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) > > Good points, Christian. I hadn't considered the fragmenting issue, as > I'd had software set up to regularly defragment the drives > automatically whenever idle. The alteranative - occasionally doing it > manually - seemed to take forever with those 'huge' 100 to 300 MB > drives ;p (oh, the good old days...) I remember the first time I > defragmented a drive - it was an 80meg external on a Mac Plus - the > computer suddenly seemed considerably -- make that dramatically faster > (I can't remember how many hours it took). And yes clearing out the > crap is and was important; my point was, on the system 7 & prior > machines that meant files of any type that you no longer needed - even > applications - could simply moved to the trash without an uninstaller > without fear of buggering up the system. Mind you, of couse some > Microsoft programs didn't fit that mould, but that's a whole other > story... > > That all reminds me of how nice it was being able to have several OSs > "on hand" within the same drive - even within the same System Folder - > as long as each system's finder file was isolated in yet another > folder. Then if something ever went screwey (ie- from too much > experimenting with resedit) or if an older program wasn't compatible, > you could simply swap system files, restart, and away you go... > > -- > ----- > 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]<vintage-macs%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ >
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