...4. What would I have to do to get my G3 to run OS X, and is there REALLY any good reason why I'd want to? And did I just read a post from someone today about not being able to use his or her current printer with OS X? Does that mean if I got OS X, I'd have to buy a new printer......?!
Yersinia,
One advantage that I find with OS X is the stability (hasn't crashed once in three years, starting with 10.1.5 and moving through 10.2.x to 10.3.4). Secondly, some programs (e. g. iPhoto) don't run in any OS older than X and others stopped upgrading their Classic versions so the X versions are better in some ways.
If these are not issues for you, then maybe there is no need to upgrade.
As far as the printer is concerned, I don't know whether OS X has a driver for it. If not, you may be able to use the free Gimp-Print driver from Sourceforge. Go to >>> <http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/> and click on the link to "Supported Printers" to find out. It worked very well for me on an Epson Stylus Photo 700 that was not supported in OS X.
Herb (from Elizabeth NJ)
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