On 2/7/01 8:49 PM, "G Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What does "(from somewhere)" mean? A parenthetical aspersion being cast?*
Sorry about that. I was just wondering if selective thrift was getting in
your way (fork out for Office but not an new OS). Apologies.
>
> Regarding outdatedness, Entourage works fine with 8.1 (and, as previously
> quipped on this list, that isn't just by accident: it is acknowledged to
> work for this system version and higher). The Navigation Services extension
> isn't "make do", it is an extension downloaded from Apple.com for OS 8.1, to
> add that particular 8.5+ feature (that feature being Nav Svcs style
> Open/Save boxes).
I could never find Navigation Services at apple.com. The only place I know
where you can get it is at the the Smile download site, because Smile needs
Nav services if you want to use it in OS 8.1. I'm certain that there must be
one or two missing things in it. Lots of important improvements and bug
fixes were made in OS 8.6, some of which may have been in Nav services.
maybe you could try hacking the 8.6 version with Tome Viewer from the 8.6
upgrade (free).
I really do recall that your problems last time were with "Default Folder".
You haven't put it back, have you? If so, try removing it from Extensions
and see if you still have this problem in Entourage.
>
> It is irrelevant to have a discussion about which OS is best for which
> person/useage, but for me and my computing needs, I make much better use of
> my low-cost RAM by avoiding installing OS's with hoggish features which I
> don't really need. I don't need 9's multi-user stuff, and my net control has
> always been fine with Internet Config, which is now rolled in...and so on.
>
> I have multiple macs running OS's from 6 to 8.1. The Mac Classic running OS
> 6 (and Multi-Finder...oh yeah!!) has never failed to turn on the coffee pot
> and radio at the same time every weekday, as scheduled. And it is blazing
> fast at finding ingredients in over 3,000 recipes stored in a HyperCard
> stack. It meets every need I have of it, and I wouldn't put OS 7 on it for
> anything (although it came pre-installed.) And don't get me started on my
> PowerBook 190cs (68040) running OE 4.1 and OS 7.5.5, which was the only
> machine that had absolutely no trouble serial-connecting directly to the
> router when it needed reconfiguring after a Sarajevo power outage (using
> ClarisWorks 4 and OS communication tools extensions only.)
>
> So, just a few comments about my OS predilections and praises.
> Everything after System 7 is just icing on the cake!
Don't say that until you try 9.1 on a G3 or G4. Obviously, for your
collection of pots, pans and coffee machines, you're doing the right thing
staying with slimmed down OS's. I'd experiment with OS 8.6 on your most
up-to-date machine, if I were you, however, although I think it's true it
takes more RAM. Maybe not, though. In any case, I recall 8.1 being pretty
slow and poor with memory usage. Maybe 8.6 and a memory card would be the
way to go. When you're ready.
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Paul Berkowitz
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