Doug -
You've got a whole host of issues wrapped up in your message. Let me see
if I can help. Others may very well have differing opinions.
Processor: a slow G3 won't cut it with OS X. A fast G3 is usable. It will
run, make no mistake, but it will take too long to do ordinary things
like draft menus to allow real use. In particular, I have found a 256 MHz
G3 laptop to be too painfully slow.
RAM: 256 MB of RAM is the *minimum* for OS 10.2.6. More is better. RAM is
cheap, but get quality stuff. Unix is intolerant of faulty RAM and can
lead you to all kinds of problems and issues.
G4 vs. G5: A couple of points here. First, the G4 boxes that Apple is
selling right now, last time I checked, were ones that would boot into OS
9. If you want a no hassle mailer platform, get a G4 that will boot into
OS 9.1 or 9.2. It will still run OS X, of course, and still run Classic
(an emulation of OS 9 running as an application/process in OS X). But
there is comfort in being able to revert. So far, I'd say a G5 is a
high-end user's tool: video and graphics processing, developing software.
Until software catches up, a G5 is really only useful to graphics/video
pros and those of us who can't stand not to have the Latest and Greatest.
OS 10.2.X vs. 10.3.X: I can confirm that Emailer 2.0 v3 works in Classic
under all versions of 10.2.X through 10.2.6. No one except Apple and
maybe some beta testers knows if it will work under OS 10.3 ("Panther").
Apple says Panther will run on all G4s.
Hard Drive Capacity: 1.5 GB of free space is only marginally enough. OS X
is Unix. Unix creates dozens of cache files where it temporarily stores
stuff. Even if there is room for the install, there's not going to be
room for the installed software and all of OS X's cache, swap and VM
files. Running out of hard disk space in Unix is like a roadkill skunk
late on a hot afternoon. You don't even want to be in the neighborhood.
Hard drives are cheap. Buy a bigger one. Besides, where are you going to
put your iTunes and your iPhotos?
<Heresy Warning>
Now make no mistake, I love Emailer, and I use it every day, but then I
loved AppleWorks (not the Mac version, the Apple II version). Software
breaks over time. Hardware breaks over time. We all need to be developing
an exit strategy for our email client application. Some day soon no new
computer is going to run OS 9. Some day in the next few years Classic is
no longer going to be supported, or changes in Classic's hardware
implementation will break. We can all keep our old computers and nurse
them along. But consider that the decision to move to a new G4 or a G5
represents a chance to develop an Emailer exit strategy...
</Heresy Warning>
I hope this helps. YMMV.
Jim DeWitt
dmcadam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
on 8/1/03 7:42 AM -----
>I'm having the shakes now from reading these discussions about how to fix
>problems with Emailer and the new technology we have. I was going to
>upgrade my G3 to install OS X from 8.6 and found many of you in
>disagreement about this. So I contacted our local Apple certified
>computer store and the tech there told me I can purchase OS X for $129 .
>He then told me that I have three 64mb cards in my G3 and this would be
>enough for me to install OSX but it would be better to have the
>recommended 256mb. So he said he could sell me a 256 to replace one of
>the 64s and that would give me the total of 384mg which one of your had
>suggested before. He did not say anything about my HD and except that my
>unused amount of 1.5gb would be sufficient to intall OSx.
>However I am now really fearful of what to do and maybe instead of trying
>to upgrade I ought to save up and purchase the new G5 that will be out
>next month. It comes with the latest OS but I'm not sure that it will
>support my Emailer. I'm lost as what to do for like all you guys I simply
>don't want to lose my Emailer. One of my friends says that Eudora does
>everything Emailer does but that is not what I hear on this List. So I
>have three questions left from my fears.
>1. Can I upgrade (OS x) with what I have and if not what to I need to do?
>2. Will the G5 support Emailer.
>3 Does anyone have a comparision report of all the available emailers
>that shows features and shortcomings etc.
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