From: Bryce Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: splitting 9.2.2 and OS Jaguar plus one >Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 22:34:04 -0600 >Subject: Re: splitting 9.2.2 and OS Jaguar plus one >From: Jeremy Derr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>i have dozens upon dozens of fanless iMacs that all run 24/7/365 ... >some of which are more than 3 years old. the only reason he probably >has many fanless iMacs that are dead... would probably because he sells >more of them than anything else. Actually checked, they sell 3-6 Macs ofconfigurations daily, now, very few imacs, but three years ago, many. >> My dealer has now seen this eMac three times as I have preceded to mess >> up the hard drive once (killed it no less), tried to install a >> network which wasn't there, and finally removed the wrong printer files >> thus killing the machine. > >there's absolutely no reason that removing a printer driver should kill >the machine. can you be more specific? Basically the Epson drivers don't work with my Epson SC760 The printer comes up on the printer drivers file area, with the comment printer driver not installed. The computer knows the driver is there, it will not allow it to be installed! > >> Somebody gave me a digital camera for Christmas, canon. Nice toy, no >> drivers for OSX and it appear none are coming. >> Appleworks Six is OK, but no roaring hell. > >may not need it.... iphoto supports most Canon cameras without >installing anything. I tried to load the software and related into iPhoto, The camera told me the software was incompatible with the camera. >> If this e-Mac is a standard Macintosh, and a virgin with nothing on the >> hard drive, what is to prevent me from getting my retail shop to wipe >> the >> hard drive (and on my iMac, the 6 gig hard drive had 5.6 gig free when >> it >> died, yes, I keep my hard drive empty); >> and install ONLY 9.22? > >nothing. nothing at all, really. > >> Guess in the long run I am frustrated by forced to utilize an >> operating system that is neither ying nor yan and I am not happy with, >> that is >> OSX Jaguar and all the small kittens that it has taken on. > >no one's forcing you. in fact, you can go to System >Preferences->Startup Disk, select OS 9, and boot to it, this very >INSTANT, without going to an authorized service center, and never go >back to OS X if you don't want to. Have thought of that, however every once in awhile want to try OSX. since it is supposed to be the latest and greatest, I seriously have my doubts. Bryce Lee -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
