Il giorno 16-11-2011 7:57, a1 ha scritto: > Hardware: I am either going to radically upgrade the G4 or buy one of > the G5's I see flooding the market here. Dollar-wise, I suggest you going to the G5. I did (from a G4 1.4GHz to a G5 2.7 DP), and I'm happy. Speed more than doubled. :-)
> Am I really going to have great relief upgrading to Leopard on a G5 Some people dislike Leopard, and still prefer Tiger. Do some research before upgrade. Besides, Leopard dropped Classic. > or is it only a matter of > time before Google starts messing with the compatibility of browsers > for Leopard, too? Obviously, it is. ;-) Everything in the Universe is decaying... and computers are the fastest. > Incidentally, would an older IDE hard drive simply > plug in and work in a G5 for migration purposes? Nope. G5s use SATA drives, not IDE. Simpler way to migrate - IMHO - is thru Firewire Target disk mode, using Carbon Copy Cloner (or similar). > And, I really need an email program I can suck my > gmail out of Google without bothering anymore with their webmail. I'm still using Outlook Express 5.0.6 (thru Classic). Thinking about evolving, I tried several mail client, but liked none. Microsoft Entourage was the one I liked more, thou. > My internet days go back to vax machines and Elm mail, running Usenet > off a shell, and text-only telnet. [...] > I was much happier then! ... maybe because you were young? ;-) > I have never been so > annoyed at online experience as these days. Jokes apart, I agree the constant "evolution" in online technologies and gizmos is mostly stressing. But I think it's just unavoidable. I presume our parents felt the same way, when we were young and liked rock'n'roll. :-D -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
