[muglo] Re: memory

>On 18-Oct-04, at 11:35 PM, Hawk wrote:
>
> > Interesting Eric. I don't think I've got 10 simply because the G4
> > didn't
> > come with 9.2.2. When I had trouble with my ISP and Mac Outpost tried
> > to fix
> > it (and couldn't) the computer came back with 9.2.2. I think it was
> > 9.2.1
> > going in.
> >  I found the disc size as you directed and it's 9.56 GB with  7.36 GB
> > available. jim
>
>Mac Outpost normally installs  9.2.2 after a repair, or attempted
>repair if you have 9... on it before taking it in.
>BTW I disagree with Eric; what else is new?; as to OS X. It is a great

Did you ever manage to get $500 for a G3/450, not in its original case, with 
<20 GB of HD space? <evil grin>

>O/S, but you still would need additional memory & I would wait until
>next Spring for "Tiger", besides you would also need to upgrade your
>software, which for your use seems like "Gilding the Lily" without
>cause.

Given that you're satisfied with what you have you ought not switch yet.

That said, I would encourage you to dip your toes in the OS X waters.

Eventually you'll have to make the switch and you may find that it improves 
your computing experience (most likely the internet component) in the short 
term. OS X and OS 9 can co-exist very nicely on one computer. It's easy to 
switch from one to the other, and if you have 192 MB or more of memory you 
can run OS 9 on top of OS X as a fake application (which also means you 
don't have to leave behind any of your favourite OS 9 apps (& you get all 
the benefits of robust and fast OS X internet apps)).

OS X 10.2 is probably a good place to start if you're not willing to spend 
much money (b/c you can pick up OS X 10.2 for peanuts on the web... someone 
on the list may even have an unused copy of 10.2 lying around and would be 
happy to get $10 or $20 for it).

As it is, your computer has enough RAM memory to allow you experiment with 
OS X! You can run Safari, Camino, FireFox or Mozilla or Netscape. The web 
browsers available for OS X are so far ahead of what's available in OS 9 and 
much faster too (except on the simplest of web pages).

If you want to start running more than two (simple) apps you'll need _at 
least_ 192 or 256 MB of RAM in which case you'll have to spend a little bit 
on RAM... of course, you should probably try to crawl before trying to run.

Eric.


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