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

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