[G4] Should my Dad go to Jaguar?

[Robert Meadors]

I second this emotion. My sister went from iMac G3/600 to iMac G4/800 
in about two months. When going from one machine to the next, she also 
went from OS 9 to OS X! She has only a Handspring connected to her 
computer but both she and it made it just fine. This is basically her 
first computer and she surprises me with what she can accomplish in X! 
Push dad on, he will be just fine,

Chris
On Friday, January 10, 2003, at 10:33  AM, Rosenberger, Anthony B. 
(Tony) wrote:

> OS 9 was nice in its time, but X is so much better IMO.  I would say
> defently go to Jaguar unless he has some hardware or software that's 
> needs
> 9, although classic works great for most issues.  9 is fast but that's
> really the only advantage over X that I can see.  X is solid as a rock
> (leave it running for weeks at a time), hardly ever locks up (which 9 
> does
> constantly), and has so many more advantages.  For most users who just 
> use
> internet apps and the iApps, X is very easy to learn.  Powerusers who 
> like
> to tweak everything on their OS have a steeper learning curve.  And if 
> you
> want to learn Unix... Well that's a whole nother subject.  But the 
> great
> thing is you have the power of unix if you need it, but never have to 
> touch
> it if you don't want to.  So my vote is to go with X.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anne Keller-Smith [mailto:earthpigz at earthlink.net]
> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 7:35 PM
> To: Power Macintosh G4 List
> Subject: Re: [G4] Should my Dad go to Jaguar?
>
>
> At 5:36 AM -0500 1/7/03, Tracker at aol.com wrote:
>> Does HE really want to leave the OS-9 world? Why are you trying to
>> force him into something that he may not want or need?
>
> Hi, Tracker -
>
> Not taking anything negatively, am using all 9 stuff on the current 
> machine
> I have at home (G4 733 Tower). His issue is merely that everything on 
> his
> machine (G4 iMac) is OSX *EXCEPT* the scanner and this has been a pain 
> in
> the butt from Day 1. Epson sent him a note saying sorry, drivers would 
> not
> be upgraded for OSX versions up to Jaguar. So if he got Jaguar he could
> leave the 9 world forever.
>
> I'm like you, don' t have $4,000 lying around either. <wicked grin>