Hi I havethe OSX Bible in pdf format if you are interested I could email it to you it is 27Mb but I ahve broadband so it is no problem my end. Let me know if you are interested. Geoff On Friday, January 17, 2003, at 06:27 PM, wb wrote:
> 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 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