Hi, I just was just into a friends 9500 on OS 9. It is a very disorganized , fragmented time waster at the moment, thanks to the previous owner's methods.
Since I have the Apple OS 8.6 install CD (not OS 9) I'm thinking I might as well do a clean install of 8.6 for her as the CD is loaded with all the essentials as well as a 4.5 IE and a NC 4.5 which she needs one of. The Installer won't let me in to custom install anything but I can access Clean Install. Her 9500 also has another installed drive loaded with applications only. Told her I'd round up an OS 9 CD on Monday but then suggested 8.6 to her. In spite of the fact that she has just learned to point and clik, she's worried about going BACK to 8.6. I told her 8.6 would do anything she needed for quite a while and that it is a stable plateau of sorts as far as OS's go; that )S 9 has more to do with added features than the correcting of bugs. Can those of you familiar with 8.6 to 9 tell me why 9 may be so significant an improvement over 8.6 as to warrant waiting till we have a copy of OS 9. Unless you report some mind blowing bug fixes I'm sticking with my last-Monday-installed OS 8.6 that hasn't frozen me out or hickuped even once - other than two minor things that a desktop rebuild ala. TechTool fixed and a few Catalogue B-tree bits Norton fixed. Feedback would be much appreciated, Thanks, Terry -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | SPECIAL LIST PRICES - Apple PCI Video Cards from $19.99, MacOS 8.5 CD $79.99 Replacement Parts IN STOCK, Apple CDROMs from $19.99 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> 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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
