Dan writes, <I don't know; you'll have to look. That's why I provided the URL.>
OK, will do (I still have it), thanks. I had thought maybe you already knew. <Not an issue. OS 8.6 does/supports everything that 8.1 did, only better, plus stuff.> All right then. Learning this, in addition to the fact that'll work well with my 7200, makes me feel a lot better about 8.6 -- for someday. :-D <FWIW, given the cost of an 8.6 CD these days... When you're ready to upgrade what you have a bit, you'd probably be better off selling the 7200 and getting something like a Power Mac 7300. That's a decent speed bump. And the 7300 uses the same memory (DIMMs), keyboard, monitor, other peripherals, and software as the 7200. It also gives you the option of upgrading all the way to OS 9.2.2. If you're careful/picky, 7300/180 or /200 systems can be had for $50 or less.> Uhhhhh, well, not so sure I want to go this route -- not necessarily never, but not at the moment. Unlike a lot of people I've been seeing on these lists, pretty much the only time I even consider making any kind of changes with my Macs is when I'm having a problem. You know the old saying: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." This is probably because I'm not really much of a technical expert (and I don't need to do all the different kinds of things you folks do on your Macs). I lack the capacity to appreciate most of the touted benefits -- in terms of judging "would this upgrade/modification/improvement be worth the trouble and expense" I tend to overwhelm easily: or even just the trouble in the case of "not too expensive" -- not to mention my complete lack of mechanical aptitude (part of which has to do with a minor physical disability on my part as well as just being "confounded by mechanisms"). In my particular situation, buying 8.6 would probably be easier. I'll go find out how much it is, anyway, and see if/when I can. :-) But anyway, say I did decide to sell my 7200 and replace it with a 7300: what would OS 9.2.2 do for me that OS 8.6 which I now know my 7200 will run just fine -- won't, when you consider what I use my Macs for: email, word processing, web surfing, chatting on AIM or IRC, and that's it. I'm not into games, MP3s, movies, burning DVDs or music CDs, etc., which I'm sure DO necessitate the higher OS's, processor speeds, amounts of RAM, and so forth. The only "extra" function I now want and can't do -- unless the swap list, which I joined, thank you -- finds me someone who'll trade me Toast 4 for my Toast 5, is the ability to back up what's on my HDs using the SCSI CDRW my bf gave me. And honestly, a CDRW was on my "someday to buy list" along with more RAM. I just got lucky in that my bf is a very thoughtful pack rat who hates to see working equipment tossed out, who works in a place where they do a lot of that, and he knew I wanted a drive like this. Because it seems to me, and forgive me if I'm a stupid dummy, that if all 9.2.2 does is run these operations a little faster, it's not worth the trouble to find someone to buy my 7200, hope I get enough money for it to purchase a 7300 (plus finding one to buy), and then deal with whatever headaches and expenses are necessary to set up a new system and move up to OS 9.2.2 (and hope I can use THAT in conjunction with my PB, LOL). Thank you so much, again. ~Yersinia. -- 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
