on 11/20/02 12:14 PM, Les at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thursday, November 21, 2002, at 01:38 AM, Richard Brauer wrote: >> I guess the big question is: why are you interested in installing OS X >> at all? >> Unless you have some compelling need to upgrade (e.g. some software >> only works under X, etc.) my feeling is that you'll actually be >> significantly happier under 9. >> Unless you have a compelling need, stick with OS 9. >> I think you'll find yourself happier in the short run. > > Software bundled with printers & scanners may not be available for OSX > (only drivers released). > > - Les
Well, I installed OS X. It took me until 5:00 a.m. To get all the updates from Apple installed to bring it up to 10.1.5. It ran OK, speed-wise. It's pretty to look at, but rather difficult to use, compared to OS 9. Having to type in a password for every program I install is annoying as hell. They need to add some way to disable all that password and permission stuff for a single-user computer. Next problem - folders and windows aren't easy to navigate. When I click on a folder, and then try to open another folder within, the first one disappears. How do you fix it so that both folders stay open? (I wanted to pull a file out of one of the inner folders and put in the previous folder.) I finally had to put it on the desktop and then figure out how to get back to the folder I wanted to put it in. Another problem I encountered was when I wanted to open a file on a CD from within a program. In OS 9, when the open dialog box comes up, I would simply select 'Desktop' and the CD would show up there, and then I would find the file I wanted to open. In OS X, I had to hide the program and then open the file on the CD from the Desktop. What good is that if I want to open a file with a different program than the one that created it? A picture file, for example: I tried to open it, expecting an OS X version of QuickTime's Picture Viewer to open it. Instead, Classic started up, and it opened it with the OS 9 version of Picture Viewer. How lame! You would think it had sense enough to open it with iPhoto or some other OS X photo viewer. And then the biggest problem of all: my USB Sony Spressa CD/RW is not compatible with OS X. There is no driver available, and Apple does not support this particular model. I stopped using OS X right then and there. I don't even want to think about trying out my scanner - it's probably not supported either. I'm going to stick with OS 9. I can't do all the things I need to do in OS X that I can with OS 9 - not without spending bunch of money for new peripherals that I already have that work just fine with OS 9. Sorry for the rant, but I'm so disappointed, and just needed to vent. Can I safely remove OS X without affecting anything in OS 9? Or should I leave it installed for the rare occasion I run across a program that's only for OS X? Gerry -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
