I have found this OS-X to be just one giant, expensive pain in the neck,
and although it's now finally installed on this G-4 (and will even start up
in it, if I leave one third of my computer's memory out), I can't really
see what I'm gaining here. I will have to live in 9.2.2 for all practical
purposes, as I begin the long struggle that I see every day on this list as
people try to make their equipment and apps work in OS-X. Will it be worth
it in the end? I don't know. And I can't go up to 10.3, because I've been
told that it removes the ability to boot back into OS 9.
Everybody talks about how much trouble Windows is, but I would ask this: do
Windows installers have to rip the entire insides out of their computers
just to install an OS? I seriously doubt it. So much for Apple's vaunted
"ease of use, plug-and-play," and all the other things that Macs used to
stand for.
Tom
Sorry to hear about your troubles....
You should celebrate having a G4. I don't know which model you have, but I do not believe that OS 10.3 will limit your ability to boot back into OS 9, it doesn't for me.
As for the comparison to a windoze machine, you had an uncharacteristic problem. When it comes to the the "dark side" you have to live in fear of being hacked or infected, or spend loads of money to prevent something from happening. You can't protect against something new, so its a never ending game of catch up you end up playing with a windoze unit. XP might very well be the most stable OS that the windoze market has ever had, but it has more than its share of problems. Unrelated, my brother's head is also missing tufts of his hair because I swear that he has to reinstall or reformat at least once a month. In the 12 years of using Macs and only Macs I have only had to reinstall once and that was due to lack of hard drive space and I accidentally deleted some important stuff. (been so long ago I cannot remember what exactly)
Plug and play refers to new units that basically working right out of the box. I'm guessing, but I assume you bought this G4 2nd hand and don't have anyone close to you that can offer free advice.
Sounds like you could use a list member to create you a disk with some updates on it, as I agree that it would take forever to download them over dial up. I'm sure if you asked, someone would be only too glad to accommodate your request, because we are a different breed of computer enthusiast.
KOG
-- 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
