john silver
Fri, 15 Sep 2000 11:25:27 -0700
I'll be looking forward to both--your report and Metacard for OS X. And I have to say that Richard's is the best "I tried it and..." report on OS X I have seen since it came out! Of course I only check MacWeek, MacNN, MacOsRumors, MacInTouch, and MacCentral daily, but I think this is another first for the list! > >--------------- MESSAGE metacard.v003.n510.9 --------------- > >From: Richard MacLemale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Mac OS X Beta Memory Requirements >Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 23:30:10 -0400 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Fellow MetaCard/Mac Addicts, >I'll be getting a copy of OS X Beta next week and installing it on an iMac >with 64 MB of RAM and an iBook with 64 Mb of RAM. I'll let you know if it >works or not! > >I've been beta-testing OS X Beta for about 5 weeks now, and the very last >version I received (about a week ago) runs fine on 64 MB of RAM, so I'm >fairly hopeful that the "real" beta will be fine. > >I think that if you run programs like MetaCard all will be well... I think >if you try to run Photoshop with a boatload of RAM allocated (under Classic) >you'll get hosed, and that may be why Apple specified 128 MB of RAM. But >whatever the case, I'll find out next week. > >MetaCard runs fine under Classic in OS X, but I'm REALLY looking forward to >an OS X MetaCard engine. I may never leave my computer again! > > >:) >Richard MacLemale >Instructional Technology Specialist >James W. Mitchell High School John T. Silver ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Multimedia Laboratory Coordinator Health Sciences Library, University of Tennesee at Memphis Memphis, TN 38163 (901) 448-6817 FAX: (901) 448-7235 Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.