[Ti] To Clean Install or Archive first, that is the dilemma

[Jerry Krinock]

on 03/10/29 09:45, Pedro Vera at pedro at veraperez.com wrote:

> Am I wasting my time with the archive and install?

Read list archives for the last week or so to get some good advice.  Archive
and install worked for me.  I took a couple hours though, to look through
each of my login items, go to the developer's website, and find out if a new
version was required for Panther.  In most cases, it was.  In a couple
cases, the developer acknowledges problems but does not have a fix yet.  You
must remove these items from your list.

> By the way, I want to get rid of Classic. I
> have not run a single OS 9 app in this laptop since the day I purchased
> it.

I only had one use for Classic, which was to boot into OS9 after a system
upgrade to reverse the function key modifier so I can use them for QuicKeys
without using the fn key.  Unfortunately, this no longer works with Panther
(ARGHHHH!!).

But I am still not deleting the old OS9 System Folder, because it only takes
464 MB of disk space, and I am not in the business of trying to discover
bugs which show up in nonstandard system configurations.  There are millions
of stable, well-functioning Macs out there with Classic still installed, and
I'll stick with them.