At 1:11 AM -0500 11/25/05, Thoma Mattox wrote:
Quick question about OS X...
1) How slow will this be. I have a Rev. B iMac, Sonnets Harmoni
Upgrade (500 mhz 256 cache), 512 MB ram, 20 GB hard drive
For the most part, it will be quite fast. I'm on a 300-MHz G3 with
284 MB RAM. Just put Tiger on it. It runs quite nicely! Except for
a few things, its faster than OS 9 was.
2) Will the hard drive be large enough?
OS X Tiger with a bunch of languages and Xcode installed is 7 GB.
Add a few more gigs for your own apps and the swap files. Refirb 80
GB IDE drives can be had on eBay for about $25, btw.
3) Currently have a Cannon i320 color printer. Will this still work?
The top link offered when you search for "os x printers" on Apple's
web site is a massive list:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/upgrade/printers.html
4) Currently have a HandSpring Visor Edge. Will this still connect?
Sorry; no idea what that be.
5) What software will need to be upgraded (I have AppleWorks 5, a
few games, Quicken '98, and Connectix Virtual PC and Microsoft
Office '98)?
Classic is sucky slow. So I recommend going to AppleWorks 6, which
is X native.
Check out OpenOffice as a free alternative to contaminating your
sweet iMac with MS garbage.
Look on VersionTracker for the latest versions of your other apps.
6) What is rough cost of the OS?
I paid $70 for an unopened full retail Tiger, on eBay.
7) How difficult is this?
Takes a while to get used to X. But for the most part, the
transition is pretty smooth.
Plan it out. Make good backups. Find your X-equivalent apps ahead of time.
- Dan.
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