If we do upgrade our software, then do you think we should upgrade to OS X? Thanks Bruce.
--- Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mar 18, 2004, at 1:50 PM, Visual Aid wrote: > > > Hello- I am working for a non profit that has a > Power > > Mac G3. With 3 partioned drives 17gb, 4gb and 4gb. > and > > I think 385mb memory. We will be using the machine > for > > slide scanning, photoshop and dreamweaver. > > > > What are the advantages or disadvantages of > upgrading > > to OS x. something (I know X.3 is not a > possiblity)? > > > > I have photoshop 6 and dreamweaver mx. I'm > guessing > > they will run if with the classic environment > option > > of OSX. Am I correct? > > If you're planning on staying with those versions, > stay in OS 9, and > look for an OS 9 software package. (Double check the > software for your > slide scanner, too!) > > Moving to OS X without upgrading your main > applications is an exercise > in futility, imo. > > If you do upgrade them, get more memory, and you > will have to install > OSX on a boot partition of 8GB or less. I'd > partition the 17 gb drive > to 8 and 9 gb (actually 7.8 and 9.2 gb) and install > away. You'll want > to go to 10.2.8 > > > -- > 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 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com -- 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
