This is a follow up message. Couldn't find my original query from a month or two ago. Wanted to let you all know the outcome - and to make a big public thank you to John Carmonne for going above and beyond and babysitting me through the process of getting Tiger running on my Pismo.
John might chime in and fill in details since I'm sort of technologically lacking - but essentially all I had to do was make a clean install of OS 9, make sure all the Apple firmware updates were already installed (they were already in my case), then install Tiger via the regular Apple installer disks. The only hitch came in trying to use the machine before getting every last one of Apples updates. Those are critical. When I had only installed half of them (I think there were 9 - can't remember exactly) my computer stopped recognizing the trackpad and various other non-nice suprises. That freaked me out for a while - but I plugged in a usb mouse, and continued installing the Apple updates. Once they were complete the system has been running like a top! This Pismo has now become a serious working machine for me now. Prior to this, the installation of Tiger was very buggy. I couldn't get most of my software to install. It would glitch and freeze often. The battery was unusable for more than a few minutes even though battery life showed it shouldn't be dying. When I'd start the system, for a split second, I used to get a question mark on the screen before it would really start up. All of this has been solved with a proper clean install of Tiger. Couldn't be more pleased. I've now been able to upload Adobe Creative Suite 1 - photoshop, etc. I use Sea Monkey as my browser and mail client of choice. I can develop web pages using Kompozer and TextWrangler - and upload them easily. I know the Pismo is only a 500 mhz G3 - but I really don't think it feel sluggish at all. Sure, it handles Youtube video watching very slowly, but that isn't important to me. It handles my software superbly. It surfs the net very well. It let's me travel to free internet wifi spots and get some work done when it is too crazy at my home to work effectively. All in all, I could not be more pleased with having a Pismo. I highly recommend it to anyone who is thinking of making the plunge. I plan to test out the rest of the Creative Suite on here shortly - InDesign and Illustrator - so that I can make this a true back up system to my desk top unit should it ever need to pull full duty. (Actually, I use the pismo 90% of the time now and the desk top system is idle.) Oh - lastly - I waited about a month to post this to make sure everything was really stable. It is rock solid. John also had me run Disk Warrior - which I'm finding to be an excellent tool as well. So thank you, John. And, to anyone thinking about a Pismo - you'll not regret it - load it with Tiger the way John recommended to me. :) Best, -Lynn -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
