If someone is selling OS system CD's on eBay, and they say the package they are selling is new , unopened, and came bundled with an iBook, or an iMac, or a Powerbook, and works on all native G3's and G4's, regardless of what specific mac it came with, is that true? Or are they unaware of the specific differences in code, in memory usage and other subtleties, that set one version off from another? If the blurb says 'contains complete installation for OS X version 1.xx and complete separate installation for classic OS 9 x.x.x' is this different from a different offer that says "original retail install version of OS 9"? I would like to collect a house master for each OS in classic mac, from system 7 up thru each version of 7, OS 8, and OS 9, as I know some things that work in one version of an operating system subsequently don't work in the next or previous version., and I'd like to be able to reach for whatever particularity is needed when it occurs. I would proably put each one in its own partition on a drive, to get to it, and store all things that use it on that partition or volume.
and if the price is really cheap, which some of these auctions are, I wonder if I should go for it-- or look for the all-purpose version, and let these model-named versions pass. I am aiming to use OS 8 and OS 9 [with each subsequent partial improvement version of that OS] on my 6360 with a G3 320Mhz upgrade, and also to have a ready library to turn to, to format future hardrives and macs, should fate drop higher macs in my lap, the way it has happened in the past. "because every mac eventually becomes a LowEndMac". So having OS X too-- if it costs me very little, seemed OK in the bargain. But should I go for the bundle? or confine my aim to a general install, not machine specific, and why? What is on the bundles for a given machine that makes them no good for a different one? Janet http://community.webtv.net/mensabrains/BADCODE -- 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! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
