> From: jason zwiefel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [PCI] upgrade to 9 from 8.6? > > Hey all. I have a 7300/180 upgraded with a maxpower g4/400 card--has 300+ mb > ram. It came with 8.6 installed, and I am kicking around going to 9.0 or 9.1 > since I have read it has better stability, and has some core altivec-itude > that makes better use of the g4. 1.Is there truly such a benefit from 9.x? > > 2. Imac restore cd's. I see these are cheaper than the full installs for os's > . If I went the route of imac intallers, are there any special procedures I > have to jump through to get these to install on a non-imac machine as mine? > > 3.Also, I have some things that I don't have the installers for, such as the > driver for the card, microsoft office, photoshop 5.5, ect. Would something > like clean install assistant keep these programs, or would I need to track > down the installers/cd's for these things? >
I believe 9.1 has better stability and if you are moving, this is the one. My experience is that I went to 9 and it has been pretty stable, less freezes than 8.6. Whenever anyone has told me to move up a system to solve various problems I am having where nothing is obvious, I have almost always traced the fault to something other than a general system fault. But it is those unexplained freezes and incidents that are the trouble. But one has to believe that 9.1 rocks and has built into it many advantages that 8.6 does not. Can't help you about disks, my 9.0.4 was plain installer, nothing about imac and the 9.1 was a free update I downloaded (I don't much use the HD I have the 9.1 on so lack experience). I mention this because a standard 9 might be cheaper or more available to you (no imac messing about) and the 9.1 is an update you can get anyways. About your installers issue. One option for Mac OS installers just changes the OS and keeps the rest more or less as is. But always best to have a back up in case. And it is sort of nice to wipe the HD and have a fresh start. For PS, there is little problem. You just need the main folder with all in it. That's it. If you like, (because of investment of time to get them the way they are), grab the Photoshop preferences also from the system folder/preferences. Not sure you have everything? Get Sherlock up and see, it should tell a simple tale. [Just btw, my Sherlock 2 (from 8.6 days) has attitude (it went to its head that I still use it, the plainer, less sexy, less bulls** **************************** looking one than what comes with 9.1): it adds remarks like "Try searching for where Photoshop files are on Windows machines, Pal!"] As for Office, you could just trust to the gods because MS imports its worm like habits to Macs and it would be hard indeed to list all the components, especially as there would be confusion and interdependency with MS internet prgms etc etc. Or go one better than faith: keep backup of all the components of the old system folder that you would not bet on being irrelevant. There is a very longshot possibility that you have kicking about an "install log" that would give more info... search for such via Sherlock (under "log" "install" etc) David Elmo -- 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
