Wow! Great report, Steve :) I'm glad to know of people's experiences with OS X on upgraded legacy platforms. I speak with folks regularly about Macs and OS X (both OS 9 users and potential switchers), so it's always good to hear of more OS X experiences on these systems. I usually suggest to them to try and "get on the Mac bus" with any Sawtooth G4 or faster. Between AGP GPUs for QE, processor upgrades to dual 1GHz, Firewire, and 2GB RAM slots, that box has LONG legs! But, for folks already owning systems similar to yours, it's encouraging to hear that they're not completely useless with OS X.
On my Sawtooth G4/450, I have found OS X to run fine. It obviously runs faster on newer machines, but it's very smooth. Menus drop down fast. I wish my font menus would update quicker. I have to trim down my Fonts folders, anyway, as I have Appleworks, etc. set to display the font style in the menu. One place where speed problems are glaring ones is when you resize a window. But, this is totally dependant on the application. MS Entourage is slow. iPhoto is DOG SLOW! I hope the update due on Saturday deals with this. But Safari resizes quick, as does the Finder; and it wasn't always like that with the Finder's windows. Way to go Apple! (And keep it up!) As for your comment on multitasking, man, I can't agree more! Using OS X actually causes you to unlearn the things we came to accept without thinking of in OS 9! You can launch an app, and IMMEDIATELY switch over to another one and continue working... While you're downloading an installer off the web... While your watching a QuickTime movie... While you're printing... And while you're burning an audio CD through iTunes! In my early OS X days , I even had to make myself THINK to NOT sit there looking at application splash screens as they launched! (Notice that Safari doesn't even have one?). And_IF_an app crashes, you can immediately boot it again and you don't have to restart your Mac. HEAVEN! There are still some problems, of course, Print Centre is a mess! Why does it open to the printer list, first? OS 9 opened the printer queue when there was a problem. With OS X, you have to open the print centre, then open the print queue. At least there's a key command for it (Command-O), but if there's a problem with a particular printer (or if you only have one printer connected), then it SHOULD take you to that printer's queue. Fonts are scattered ALL over the damned place. It's a real mess. Those are just a couple of issues. There are more, but they in no way detract from OS X's advantages over OS 9... Or Windows! -- Mac Canada is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Shop Canadian, visit Mantek Services <http://www.mantek.mb.ca> Low Prices That Will Keep YOU and Your MAC Smiling Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac Canada info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-can.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/mac-canada%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
