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

[Justin R. Miller]

On Oct 30, 2003, at 8:39 AM, Robert Ameeti wrote:

>> 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.
>
> While you may not use Classic apps, you will have problems not having 
> a System Folder for Classic. Many installers still look for a System 
> Folder and will error out if they don't find one. I just did a bunch 
> of installs for Adobe GoLive, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, etc, 
> and they all had issues with not having a System Folder.
>
> There are many apps that also ship with Classic installers that ONLY 
> work if you have Classic installed even though they are installing OS 
> X apps.

I seem to recall a 10.2.x point release update that failed when I 
didn't have a System Folder once.  I would think that any future fixes 
to Classic are generally going to be rolled into a mass update, and 
that it would fail if it can't do part of it (in this case, the Classic 
update).

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