[Ham-Mac] Are you running OSX on your Mac ?

[Steve Muncy]

On 2/1/02 1:55 PM, "K6VKV@aol.com" <K6VKV@aol.com> wrote:

> Every indication I have is my mostly old applications will run more slowly on
> OSX, and there is simply no identifiable benefit from switching.
> 
> My primary computers are a 400 MHz iMac and a PowerBook 1400 running System
> 9.1 and 8.6 respectively.  I also have a Powerbook 140, Mac IIci and Mac SE
> running

Many older Macs won't support MacOSX, so you won't have a choice to switch
or not. However, those who haven't tried OSX may not understand the
significance of the OS.

OSX is not eye candy. It is an extremely stable system--in my mind, far, far
more stable than OS9 and before. For the first few months I ran OSX with
Classic, and ran most of my aps in Classic. I did not notice any appreciable
slowdown when running the older aps in classic. When I crashed, I crashed in
Classic -- not OSX. A crash in Classic does not bring down OSX -- is just
means you need to restart Classic, not restart the Mac.

Now, I no longer have any aps on my hard disk that require Classic. I wince
when I occasionally download a program and find that it opens into Classic.
I don't download programs if I know in advance they require Classic.

I can provide many "identifiable" benefits from switching -- at least for
me. The bigs ones are (1) STABILITY, STABILITY..... In OSX I have "crashed"
twice in six months. In OS9 and earler, I was crashing at LEAST for or five
times weekly. (2) IMHO, a vastly improved interface and Finder. Now
accustomed to the OSX Finder, I shudder when I go back to the OS9 Finder on
my son's iBook. (3) FEATURES, like a much improved system preferences and
location manager; 

OSX is not for everyone -- and some will never  be able to run it without a
new machine. As for me, I'm thrilled that I switched - and I won't go back.


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