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.
It would permit you to run most of the up-to-date (for the classic Mac OS at least) versions of the 'net clients.
Word processing: If you're using AppleWorks, stick with vers 5. Version 6 is a slow pig with few new features (drives me nutz!). :)
Email: As part of the new anti-spam movement, many services are upgrading their mail servers to require SSL-based (encrypted) communication. If your email provider does this, you may need to upgrade your email client - and the SSL-capable ones that I know of require OS 9 or later.
Surfing the web: The older Java engines are quite buggy. The browsers that run on OS 8 have serious problems with web sites that use the newer forms of HTML & CSS etc. Those older browsers don't have updated security certificates, so more and more "https" sites (banking etc) are becoming inaccessable.
AIM: AOL's new client requires OS 9. AOL has announced they're preparing to upgrade their server systems over the next year or so, to "enhance" privacy and add features. They've said that the older client versions will no longer be able to connect.
move up to OS 9.2.2 (and hope I can use THAT in conjunction with my PB
Again, not an issue. OS 9 is compatible with talking to your PB. And the PM 7300 is still old enough that it has a serial port, for Localtalk!
Don't get me wrong, I'm not suggesting that you have to upgrade *now*. I'm just suggesting one path that you should keep in mind for the future. OS 8.1 was a great OS when it was released in January of '98. But that was 6+ years ago now - an aeon in 'net time. Like me, you don't need to be on the forwarding bleeding edge, but you do need to stay ahead of the abyss behind you. :)
- Dan.
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