At 01:09 PM -0400 06/14/2005, Yersinia wrote:
Question 1: Why in the heck would a WORD PROCESSING application require
a MOVIE/VIDEO application to operate?
QuickTime is the engine that handles all the graphics decoding and
rendering. And since AppleWorks let you embed graphics and video in
your documents...
Moving right along.....I'm also actually considering the idea of
upgrading my 5300c from 8.5 to 8.6 after all. Which brings me to:
Question 2: Does anyone know if 8.6 comes with Quicktime 4.1.2? (that's
the minimum requirement for AW6)
I think it does, but it dosn't matter. The QuickTime installers are
available individually for downloading from Apple. Just search a bit.
I really like QuickTime 5.0.3. I don't recall if it will run on 8.6,
but if it does, go for it. Much faster than QuickTime 4.
Question 3: Since OS 8.5 came installed on my 5300c and I don't have a CD
or floppies of it, can anyone tell me if merely copying the 8.5 system
folder elsewhere (to my G3 for instance) will actually suffice as a
backup of the OS in case anything goes wrong in the upgrade?
Sure. You've got them AppleTalk'd? Just copy it over.
I don't think AFP will let you copy already open files, such as the
System and Finder. If that's the case, make copies by
option-dragging them to the desktop first, then push them to the
other Mac.
Right now I have the 8.6 upgrade already waiting on my hard drive, and as
I write this, a free Quicktime 4.1.2 installer is downloading. All I
want to do is get AW 6 up and running on the 5300c. Do you think I'm
better off upgrading it to 8.6 or just installing Quicktime 4.1.2 on it?
Go to 8.6 and QuickTime 4 or 5.
Don't dump AppleWorks 5. It's much faster than 6. It also comes
with different fonts and clip art libraries, and more translators.
IOW, keep both versions around if you can.
- Dan.
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