[Ham-Mac] OS X advice

[Mike Carter]

Hello Cecil...here are my 2=A2...

On Wednesday, Sep 3, 2003, at 09:14 America/Los_Angeles, KD5NWA wrote:

>
> I just upgraded my 8600 with a 800 MHz G4 card and 256 Megs of extra=20=

> memory, and I need some advice.
>
> This is a stopgap measure, as I plan to buy a Dual G5 within the next=20=

> 12 month to be used as my main computer at home, and relegate the 8600=20=

> for Video/Photo editing purposes.
>
> Which OS should I have for running the most number of Ham=20
> applications, should I stay with OS 9.1 or should I upgrade to OS X ?

Run OS X. It's the better choice of OS overall for the machine. If you=20=

need to run something in 9, then OS X will launch it in the Classic=20
environment transparently. If it or anything else running under Classic=20=

should crash, it won't bring down the machine, which is nice.

>
> I own a copy of  OS 10.1 should I upgrade to Jaguar or wait for=20
> Panther if OS X is the best choice?

Upgrade to Jaguar now on your current machine. Get Panther for the G5.=20=

:)

>
> Would Yellow Dog Linux be a consideration?
>

Heh...a consideration, yes. A good one? hmmm...matter of opinion. Mine=20=

is no...OS X is a stronger OS than linux from what I've seen, and the=20
hardware supports it best. Besides, you can download and build source=20
code the same as you could with linux. Some people are touting Fink=20
Commander as a good GUI to installing "linux apps".


> I have a Dell Laptop also but I would like to use the Mac when=20
> possible.

Look into Virtual PC. With it you can run Mac OS X, Windows and Linux=20
all concurrently on your Mac. This option cuts down the dependence on=20
multiple hardware platforms, and lets you explore linux natively if you=20=

want to. I'm running Win98, Win2K and RH Linux through virtual PC.=20
Works great if you have a decently fast Mac (G4 800 or higher should=20
do).

>
> Thanks for the bandwidth.
>
>
> Cecil
> KD5NWA
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