Hi listers, I've just upgraded to Jaguar on my iBook (indigo PowerG3@366Mhz with 320MB Ram). The upgrade was relatively trouble free and everything is working alright, including, I was relieved to notice, the internet connection.
The transition from OS 9 is interesting. Lots of things that I miss about the old ways of working, but I'm giving it time to let X grow on me. I'm finding it very addictive already, actually... The speed of copying files etc. is amazing even on such a slowish machine. Window display is slower than under OS 9 without virtual memory, but it is tolerable and overall I do feel that Jaguar works fine on what is by today's standard a low end machine. Now it's a question of learning the new ways and once I'm comfortable with it, I'll upgrade my wife's slot-loading 500Mhz iMac and then I'll buy myself a new flat panel iMac, maybe when the next batch comes out... I've ordered a book on OSX, the Macintosh Bible Jaguar Edition, but it won't come out in the UK until March. Is the David Pogue book on OS X by and large OK to learn about Jaguar or are there substantial difference between 10.2 and the previous versions to make the book relatively obsolete? Until I get an OS X book, I was wondering if I can ask the following questions and hope for enlightenment from the list: 1- I've OS X on the first partition on the HD (5GB) with OS 9.2.2 sitting next to it. Partition two (2.38 GB) has OS 9.2.2 only and the third partition is for net downloads. Two questions: - could I install OS X on the second partition to so that I can boot into either systems and troubleshoot the other partition? - I'm not going to use Classic, I think, because I've upgraded most applications that I use. I've read somewhere that getting rid of OS 9 makes the system zippier. Is that true? Could I trash all the OS 9 files on the iBook? 2- Does the PRAM reset trick at start-up still work under OS X? I'm asking because I did it in-between updates to 10.2.3 and it seemed to improve things (the computer stalled at the desktop stage after each update). The/sbin/fsck trick worked wonders, but I'm wondering if flushing the PRAM is still a useful thing to do on occasion. 3- Under OS 9 I had set things up so that Entourage or IE would open up the dial-up PPP connection automatically. Checking mail, in particular, would do the connect-disconnect script all by itself with just the touch of one button. I've set up the 'connect automatically when needed' option in the Network preferences, but that means that often merely launching an internet application or the network preferences themselves get the connecting process started. Is there a better way of doing it, i.e. of having the internet connection started only when I hit 'check mail' etc.? 4- Where is the setting panel to get rid of the blinking menu thing when selecting items in menus? I can't stand the three blinks thing and would dearly love to be able to alter the settings that under OS 9 were in the General Control panel. 5- Second pet-hate of mine: the proportional scrolling thumbs. Again, is there a panel nested somewhere in OS X that allows to turn those off? Maybe there is some shareware that solves question 4 and 5?? Thanks in advance for any help, Walter -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
