I'm planning to get to 10.2 when I can find a cheap price on it. For now I went with 10.1 because it had the OS 9 CD with it and I needed to have that, too (I already have it installed, but I didn't have the install CD). I have some peripherals that I don't think will work with OS X, like an ancient scanner.
Bonnie > > Bonnie wrote: > >> I'm getting ready to install 10.1.5 on my beige G3 266. I have a new 80 GB >> HD and a firewire case. I was going to use this as a backup drive, but it >> has been suggested I use this as my main drive and load OS X on this. Will I >> still have the 8 GB partition restriction with FW? Has anyone done this type >> of installation? > > I have two suggestions: > > 1) go for 10.2 over 10.1.5...it's definitely worth it. 10.2 is a vastly > more usable system than 10.1.5 is, imo. About 20% faster, too, a premium > on a low end machine like yours. > > 2) don't worry too much about the 8 gb limit. You have to really have a > *ton* of stuff on there to start running into problems, and no way the > system is ever going to use that up. On my system I have a large number > of applications (Open Office, Photoshop, three big 3D modelling > programs, 4 web browsers (IE, Safari, Mozilla and Camino), X11, Apple's > Developers tools plus a bunch of others) and 10.2.8 and I've used only > 2.9 gb of the partition...the key is putting your users directory on the > larger of the partitions; that's what eats your space up: my iTunes > library is 6 gb, my iPhoto library is 800 mb, etc, etc. > > Moving the Users directory is relatively easy. see: > <http://www.bombich.com/mactips/homedir.html> > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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
