[G4] Re: G4 Digest, Vol 16, Issue 2-Still using OS 9.1 on my G4-400 mhz.

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I didn't pick up on this thread until now.  Some G4s do not dual boot.  I have a Quicksilver 2002 800 MHz and it does not.

Nate
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From: Roger Harris <roger at rogerdharris.com>
> Sy, This path doesn't have a caveat: Put another drive in the G4 and  
> put OSX on it since the G4 is a good dual boot mac. You can boot back  
> and forth and or make your present drive a Classic. You will only  
> need a new drive (that might be used with a newer Mac later) and at  
> least 500 (I would go to 1 gig memory) mb of memory. A G4 400MHz runs  
> OSX pretty well; Depending on expectations. It will not be snappy  
> like OS 9 but the multi-tasking is fantastic and the applications are  
> all better. The browsers alone are worth the cost of moving to OSX.
> 
> This setup is easier and cheaper than two macs. You can upgrade  
> applications to OSX as you can and without stress. makes it easy to  
> test apps that may need to replace apps where there isn't an OSX  
> upgrade. After a while on OSX you will be wanting to go to OSX  
> completely; You can then buy a new mac and leave OS 9 behind. Even my  
> most anxious and cautious customers never spend more than a year  
> running Classic. When you get a new mac use the old mac for a server  
> to do backups.
> 
> roger
> 
> 
> On Dec 7, 2005, at 7:10 AM, Sy wrote:
> 
> >
> > It just seems that most of the recommendations have a
> > "caveat" like "may", "might", "possibly", "depends
> > upon" etc..which leads me to beleive that I may run
> > into some problems which would take an inordinate
> > amount of time to learn and correct.
> >
> > I have another idea though.  Inasmuch as it seems that
> > SOONER rather than later, I will have to go to OSX.
> > What about the idea of buying a separate dual-boot
> > computer (on Ebay or elsewhere) and use it for
> > Internet access only . This would allow me to get
> > familiar with OSX without messing up my OS9 business
> > apps and data.
> >
> > Does that make any sense?  Any thoughts about the pros
> > and cons?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Sy
> >
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