G4 newbie, migration Qs

[Snow White]

Well, IMO it is easier to lose the SCSI devices and carry on with 
Firewire and USB devices -such as scanners and external HDs.  Your HDs 
would be ATA instead of SCSI.

Of course you can put a SCSI card in and use that stuff but UMAX 
drivers are non-existent for OSX (any flavour) and ATA HDs are like a 
buck a gig.

Good luck.  The leap can be daunting but the performance on G4 makes up 
for it and the OS is so much better.  Bit confusing though.  All your 
little tricks will cease to function.

Last tip - keep your old computer up and running with your new one for 
a bit - at least till you are comfortable and fully functional. 
(scanner/printer/etc.)

jj

On Monday, January 19, 2004, at 08:18 AM, Power Macintosh G4 List wrote:

> i'm looking to migrate to a G4(or two) within the next 6 months or so 
> and
> had a few migration Qs
>
> my current primary MAC: (also have a backup 8100 similarly configured)
> - 8100, w 300Mhz G3, 264M, 21" supermac monitor(fixed freq), dual 17G
> SCSI-2, MACOS 8.6, UMAX 2200 scanner(SCSI/USB), HP 870Cxi AppleTalk 
> printer
> - s/w used, Microsoft works 4.0, Office 98, mozilla, outlook express