The new 12 inch Powerbook arrived about three weeks ago. I'd put off buying one, even though I really needed it, because it meant I'd have to start the transition to OSX. I didn't have any particular cosmic worries about OSX (due primarily to what I've read on this group), it was mainly because the transition involved work, which I try to avoid on general principle.
As it turned out, the transition was painless. I don't think this is the recommended method, but I just copied the entire contents of my iMac's hard drive over to a folder on the Powerbook, and pulled files, applications, extensions and whatever from it as needed. Everything worked fine. Emailer fired up and ran. The only fiddling I had to do was move the contents of the Claris folder from the old system folder to the new Classic system folder so I could use the spell checker. One pleasant surprise -- when I ran the latest updater on my Appleworks app, it turned into an OSX app (it might have been an OSX app all along, but I didn't notice it until after the update). My OS9 apps all ran fine -- absolutely no problems at all with the Classic environment. I had planned to buy the OSX versions of Quickbooks and Quicken, but found I don't really have to. So I'll wait until a version upgrade makes it worth my while. I don't know how long I'll keep using Emailer. I originally planned to set up an OS9 server to run Emailer, so I could continue to use it to download from my AOL account. But it runs perfectly under Classic, so I've put that off too. The likeliest course is that I'll gradually replace all my OS9 apps over the next few months. There is a learning curve with OSX which I haven't climbed yet. For example, I'm still trying to get used to the file structure, particularly where individual accounts are concerned. I'm the only user, so the multiple user feature is pretty much wasted on me, and I don't like having to hunt around for stuff in my home folder, which I haven't figured out a use for yet. I'm even getting used to the Dock, which turned out to be useful once I stopped resisting it. On the plus side, there seems to be a better level of integration between applications under OSX. And I really notice the clunkiness of OS9 when I switch back and forth. So a nearly full transition is probably likely in the relatively near future. I say "nearly" because I'm reluctant to give up Emailer, and there's one specialized program I use daily that's not available in an OSX version. But all my other OS9 apps will disappear. I expect I'll eventually move away from Emailer, too, just because of the integration issue -- running everything off of one address book and calendar, for example, is habit forming. But I'm very happy it's something that can wait until there's some advantage to it, which might be never. That's my report. I sure it reads like "a plane landed safely today" story, but I figure sometimes a lack of problems is news too, particularly to anyone who is as skeptical as me. Cheers, Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates +1 831/582-0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors--and miss." RAH ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
