> Except that the person asking the question specifically mentioned what > he > does with his computer, and none of the things you mentioned were on > the > list. His uses are quite simple and non-demanding. In such > circumstances, he > could run for days or weeks without crashing 9. :-)
You missed my point ... > But if he has a stock Pismo, I would not recommend that he move to X > without > adding RAM and possibly a bigger hard drive. My 10 gig is almost full, > and I > could never fit Jag on it, so I'm in this boat currently. :-( The only upgrade I have made to my Pismo is RAM, it has a stock 10GB, I run Jag ... life is good ... and he never said what the specs of his Pismo were. > This is a wonderful theory, but both my digital camera (a cheapo, > granted) > and my scanner have been left behind up to now, and my scanner isn't > exactly > old. I suppose it may be possible to find a generic driver, and it may > be > possible that there will be a driver, but I wait for now... I know, if a person can find one exception then obviously the statement is entirely wrong ... There are almost no Canon, HP, or Epson scanners that are not supported either through pluggins to Photoshop or Graphic Converter, or through VueScan, or through Image Capture. I have yet to hear of a USB digital camera that is not recognized. Printers [Epson inkjets ... arg] are another story. What brands are you dealing with when you say these things? > In any case, for those with simple needs, who already are running OS > 9, the > upgrade to X is not as obvious as it could be. :-) I think that the > main > consideration is whether or not you are going to be upgrading your > hardware > (or significant numbers of your software) soon. If not, then jump to X > ASAP. > If you are going to upgrade your hardware in the next year or so, it > will > probably be better and cheaper to wait. Even then, it might be wise to > start > collecting X-compat. software even now. The cost is not so much in Jag but in the other items, I run 7.6 on some old Macs I have, it depends on the job, but a Pismo is a hearty Mac and other than wanting more RAM for excellent performance a stock Pismo does just fine. David -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
