Michelle Salois sa: > i.e. is 9.2.2 a good upgrade to >get on my imac with 128 megs and no osX? ( 9.2.2 is a good choice for both OS X and without, yes. I'm sorry if that was bewildering, mayeb I should have tried and be more clear on what I meant. I did mention 9.1 and 9.2.2 on the line before and the OS X line was only meant to mean that 9.2.2 is the best version to use *with* OS X, at least newer versions.
What all of those recommendations did mean also, is that if you're running a Mac OS version below those, it's a good idea to upgrade, at least unless your box is rock solid already (if it is, why invite trouble?). The big "But" of course, is that one should always check that all vital applications and system addons that you want to use daily are compatible with the OS version you plan to upgrade to, *prior* to doing the upgrade. Do your homework, or let someone do it for you. I've done that professionally for quite some time now, even though I wouldn't consider myself a mac guru (though some may say so). Best tip I have, is to subscribe to a user group mailing list or with some caution USENET news groups for each vital application you need and ask there for experience with certain OS versions and with what application version. Also peruse web forums and sites (see bottom). It's also an healthy idea to be moderate in use of system extensions and to have different extension manager sets that you lock so you can really get back to a stable system should you add something that is acts up at some point. However, with version 8.6 and later, at least up to 9.1, I discovered that adding RAMDoubler (both latest 8 and 9 versions) and perhaps also stuff like Finderpop, replacing Apple Menu options with Behierarchic (or nothing), seemed to drastically diminish problems I had with type error 10 and 11 on G3 machines, and after I started that procedure all my Mac OS computers have been remarkably stable with 24/7 1 week uptimes even when full off new apps all the time. I should preventively point out that I've done 200+ extension conflict resolutions (w Conflict Catcher) and never was RamDoubler the culprit. So when some people say RD destabilize their machine I really think they are blaming the wrong extension. When using RD it's good to give all your major apps double share of max memory, as they will only get what they ask for anyway and having more RAM available will make them more stable internally while they aren't taking away unused memory from your other apps. These problems I had may have been affected by hardware and only certain RAM chips, so if you have a stable computer already this may not be worth experimenting with. I think, and this is pure speculation, that the likeliest reason adding extensions may stabilize your system (or my ones at least) is that adding extensions physically "pads" or move other system parts or application parts away from each other or in other way alters the system logically, so that certain bugridden code never gets activated. This was a lof of hit and miss for me, but it worked very well and kept me and clients productive even when Apple goofed up, as they always do when introducing a major new OS version. I use these sites as sources of info (Warning, some are really addictive): www.macfixit.com (pay) www.macfixitforums.com www.macworld.com (go to the forum section) www.macosxhints.com forums.macosxhints.com www.arstechnica.com (go to Ars Technica Forums focused on Mac, most is OS X stuff I think) ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
