[muglo] Re: OS 8.1

>on 23/9/01 11:35, Payton Cannon at ngagpa@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
>>  How about that 9.2x though? I mean, is that some stable or what? This
>>  is the best 'classic' type OS I think they've come out with in a long
>>  time..... With 9.1, I used to crash some 4-5 times a day, while
>>  admittedly being majorly loaded w/extensions beyond, what many would
>>  consider a 'basic, clean running system.'
>
>Actually, in the long run 9.2.1 has been more of a head-ache for me than 9.1
>or 9.0.4 ever were. 9.2.1 isn't as stable under OS X as 9.1. There are major
>problems with screen redraws that didn't exist in 9.1 (I regularly have to
>re-start Classic because I don't see anything), and drag-and-drop causes
>Classic to come to a grinding halt. Sometimes it works (in 9.1 you couldn't
>drag and drop between Classic and OS X apps) but oftentimes it crashes when
>dragging something (especially in Outlook Express).
>
>I can't comment on its stand-alone stability as I only run OS 9 on its own
>when I run my AppleScripts (I have the computer turn itself on and gather
>data in the middle of the night... I don't trust OS X not to muck things up
>yet). OS X is my primary OS 95%+ of the time now.
>
>Eric.
>
Ahhh - that's where the discrepancy lies ... I'm refering to it as a 
stand alone product, perhaps not the original intended use. Yes, 
Eric, I'd also heard many of those complaints  you stated, in 
particular that of the drag and drop foibles and resizing of the 
windows being next to painful. I have high hopes for the "X.1."

We'll just have to wait and see ...
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