RE; I think its an excellant plan,I hope to do exactly the same,but as yet I dont know what the pitfalls are,I have a question about combo drives,many newer machines can be ordered with it,Im thinking getting an ice-book,is there any main advantage to a combo drive builtin as compared to a firewire external disc burner?this is for home use only, thankyou in advance for opinions
on 1/2/03 4:32 AM, Kathi A. Anderson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Kathi1/1/03 11:37 AM > > I will probably being going to a newer > G4 with OSX soon, but to avoid the problems of support for legacy equipment, > I plan on keeping my older Mac (as I have done with all my Macs back to my > LCII) and simply using the ethernet connection to connect the new and the > old. I will use the older Mac to scan or whatever and move the file over to > the newer Mac with OSX to manipulate the scan or do other tasks that do not > present a problem with drivers and such. > Anyone else doing this? Am I missing something that will cause a problem > doing this. It seems like a good idea, especially the fact that I will have > in effect a print server and more storage plus the back up. Think I will > have issues with moving files back and forth between a beige G3 with 9.2.2 > and a G4 with X? > > -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
