> My G3 Powerbook > > Can anyone throw any light on it? Im running o/s 9.1 > > trying to re-calibrate the monitor > Simon,
Sounds like you should try an apple software restore? > ps. Im about to upgrade to a G4 Powerbook running OSX - but I hear so many > complaints about it I feel tempted to remain with the clunky old 9.x o/s! > Upgrade to 9.2 first - and make use of all the system upgrades. I ran a G3 PB for years as an assistant but got envious when I saw my photographer-boss's G4 running 9.2 - faster and no end of fixes and improvements. On a new PB G4 you can't (correct me if I'm wrong, listees) get dual boot machines anymore? So you would have to run classic for all your old OS9 apps from OSX anyway. Eyeballing all the listees talking about running OSX, the Jaguar/Panther move, I can't see the point of running with such new technology unless it is proven stable and trustworthy, you have lots of time, money (for new OSX software) and (worst case) files to burn..(hypothetically) they say OSX crashes far less though. I run a G4 dual boot PB (ordered by request) I boot into OSX only ever for Word X. The slight lag and slowness of Jaguar is annoying; the benefits are the advances in memory management, but the machine is slower, more spinning beach balls (cursor clock) than on OS9.2, and my ext mouse is like a snail - however with Photoshop 7 optimised for OSX there are probably many arguments against mine... and I read Thomas Holm loves his Panther OSX! I thought my 1ghz powerbook running Photoshop 7 would be faster on OSX (??) It looks beautiful but seems to have unneccessary control issues, the need for permissions and guarded access everywhere.. what is that all about? So maybe try a friend's G4 and OS9.2 / OSX before taking anyone else's (or my) opinion - and if it works for you... all my photographer friends use OS9 but are starting to make the change, so I will watch them and see how easy the transition really is. Soon, software might not exist for OS9 eh? Eddy =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
