At 5:59 AM -0600 5/30/2004, Tim Gochnour wrote:
If you'd been paying attention for the last two >years, you would know that you can't just stick crap in a machine >before installing OS X and expect it to install. Like trying to put >Toyota parts in a Cadillac engine and expecting it to run....., So, Adaptec, Radeon, etc. make "crap?" ClubMac sells inferior/defective memory? Pioneer makes crummy drives? There's no junk in or attached to this G-4. When a relative loaned me her iMac OS-X (10.1) software install disk months ago it installed X on my external hard drive no problem (the drive died later of unnatural causes) and it could boot from that drive if I wanted. Nothing on this G-4 was any different then than it is now. I didn't much care for X then, but lately I wanted to try newer versions of iMovie and it requires it. The 10.2 installer is obviously another step backward. If you got OS X to run on some old box, good for you. You don't know how lucky you are. Apple itself probably made better hardware back then. I was rather disgusted with the cheap, minimal, generic little manual that came with this G-4 (I remember the model-specific thick, slick, heavy, high quality publications, practically books, that came with the old Macs), and it probably indicates the quality of the whole package. OS-X is another disappointment. Having to compete with Microsoft to survive is obviously dragging Apple down to nearly its level, and now the software is going to hell too. Tom Art website at http://www.ThomasBakerPaintings.com Archaeology website at http://www.nmia.com/~jaybird/AANewsletter/ -- 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
