Lou:
If you really want to go back to OS 9 I have installation CD's that
I'd happily give you. I have no use for them as I use 10.4.3 on ALL
of MY MACS. Actually most of my Macs won't even boot OS 9. Why
you'd wish to live in the past and run an OS that will be officially
dead (although it's not supported anymore by Apple--sort of makes it
dead now) as of January 11th is beyond me. And in reply to the
poster that you replied to there is a little app called, strangely
enough, Windowshades on www.unsantiy.com that you can download for a
nominal price and you'll have that functionality back. OS X is a
great Operating System. 10.3 was good, 10.4 is amazing. I have it
running on a G3 Blue & White 450 and it flies! It boots in less than
35 seconds from startup chime to usable desktop. So, don't
generalize like you do below and say things like "but do not go to
10.4 as everything you hate about the mew UNIX Macs is worse."....you
are so wrong. I also have it running on a G3 Indigo iMac 400 and it
runs just as fast. Of course I did max out the RAM on each and
upgraded the hard drives. The iMac came with a 9 gig hard
drive....it now has an 80 gig and 512 RAM and Airport. The Blue and
White has 1 gig RAM and 2 120 gig hard drives and a PCI card from
Sonnet that allows it to have Airport also. All of you people who
sit and complain about the limitations are so blind. Have you even
tried to do a search as to upgrades? Older Macs are SO upgradeable.
If I wanted to, I could even upgrade the processor on the Blue &
White to a 1 gig G4...but I don't see the need as it's quite fast and
I don't use it as my main computer. If I did, I'd certainly do the
processor upgrade. The video card is upgradable also......and, just
for kicks, if I still wanted to run OS 9 on it, I still can. Only
problem there is I lose my Airport ability as the card isn't
supported by stupid old OS 9.
Stop living in the past.....upgrade, you'll be glad you did. That is
the entire purpose of this website and email list--to get the MOST
out of your older systems and I just described several ways to do
that. Oh, same things can be done for the G3 Beige Systems. UPGRADE
and come to OS X.
Tim
On Jan 8, 2006, at 12:47 PM, Lou Judson wrote:
On Jan 8, 2006, at 9:34 AM, Gail Raby wrote:
Am I behind the times with old stuff, or does the brightest and
newest of Macs offerings still have this problem. (I am using Mac
OSX, version 10.3.7)
You may enjoy moving up to 10.3.9, as it does everything a bit
better (really!) but do not go to 10.4 as everything you hate about
the mew UNIX Macs is worse.
Solution: Go back to OS9.1! I wish I could but new computer
programs will not work on it. Or keep the old one and give up new
things - that would be cheaper too!
Why they have ro make computers look like catoons and animated toys
is far beyond me. I'm over fifty and appreciate subtle elegance,
not garish seethru plastic junk.. And the gall they have to not
even allow us to have a choice!
I will stop before i rant, with this last comment: Why O why do
people who sell used computers think they have to put the newest
fake-O operating system on old Macs? I put a new drive in my G4 so
I could at least stay with 10.3.9...
<L>
I miss window shades. Actually, if stuff would
stay where I put it, I'd like to have both the window shades
feature and the dock.
Each offers something the other does not.
Anyone have a solution for this nuisance factor?
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