It helps. Thanks.
Sunday, November 6, 20055:39 PMJerry Yeagerjerry at browseryshop.com >How best to answer this ... hmm ... > >What I have looked for when I relay "No widespread reports of >problems" about an update is I look at what kinds of problems are >occurring and being reported. Say for example, an update comes out >and suddenly a major portion of the Mac OS-X using internet goes >silent. One would suspect that there is a serious problem, so bad >that it is keeping folks from even reporting on it, :^) (Uh, there >was a problem with one release of Safari when it first came out that >fell into this category, that release was pulled quickly). > >Barring that, then next; are there groups of reports that can be >categorized into ones that affect certain models? If I only hear of >reports that are fairly isolated instances, then I mention the >update. One problem with this approach is that it needs (and relies >on) the reports of the early adopters (I am one of those), so if >folks do not update and report quickly, then a common problem may not >show up until later. > >With all of that in mind I will tell you that I think it is okay for >you to do the updates, at least to the G4 Powerbook. > >There are some caveats that come with Apple updates one should pay >attention to: >1) Disconnect external firewire drives and what not before updating. >2) legacy systems may not take the update well, especially the Blue >and White G3 Macs (these were not designed to be ran with OS-X in >mind at all it seems and it is a wonder that Ryan Rempke's patch has >managed to make OS-X run on these systems. > >As far as your friends G3 iBook goes, I must ask which one is it? So >far, the ones that had the FireWire ports seem to run Tiger pretty >well (no they do not get the cool graphics and effects in Tiger), but >the earlier ones seem to be best with Panther. [The core *nix stuff >in OS-X will run on all systems, even the old PPC Macs, but the >graphics and audio add ons are the parts that break OS-X for the >older Macs.] > >I suspect with Leopard, all of the G3 Books will formally join their >Blue and White cousin in the Legacy Lineup. > >The Onyx problem is one that will always happen to small third party >developers and as a discussion topic would take us far from your >question. > >Does that help or make things worse? > > Jerry > >On Nov 6, 2005, at 4:22 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > >> Jerry, >> >> I'm confused about this update! >> >> There has been a lot of cross talk about problems occurring after the >> update - some of which I understand and (fan issues) and some of >> which I >> do not understand re: Russell Preston's problem with AppleScript error >> 1762.... and OnyX maintenance suite - all geek to me. >> >> What I want to know is can I safely / should I download and install >> this >> update on my G4 Powerbook? What about a friend's G3 iBook? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Harry >> >> Wednesday, November 2, 200510:22 PMJerry Yeagerjerry at browseryshop.com >> >>> So far there does not seem to a large number of reported problems, so >>> if you missed the news, Apple has released a few more updates >>> recently including 10.4.3, but you will most likely want a high speed >>> connection to download it, as it is around 93MB in size. >>> >>> Get it via SUPP or from Apple's site. >>> >>> Jerry >>> >>> ----------------------------------- >>> Someday, I will come up with a clever signature line. I am not sure >>> if I will use it or not, but I will come up with one. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be November 22 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. >> | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > >----------------------------------- >Someday, I will come up with a clever signature line. I am not sure >if I will use it or not, but I will come up with one. > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be November 22 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
