[P1] IBook query...

[Jack Rodgers]

In the situation you describe with the newbie being a former pc user, I 
might suggest you stick with OS 9 for a few reasons:

3 Gig drive is probably not enough for X.
Slow processor and minimal RAM.

And the most important reason of all, there is a lack of people who 
really know how to handle OS X problems. I've been through the 
X-Problems and even with 15 years of consulting experience, it was a 
bear. With OS 9, it was easy...you throw the last few things you added 
to your drive and the problems disapeared or your trashed a certain set 
of preferences...

Naturally there were other problems to deal with, but the X-Problems 
are far more difficult to trouble shoot.

Thus, if your friend is four hours away and has problems, you might not 
be able to resolve them with X but you probably can with 9. I've solved 
problems with X over the phone but found my self, on my own Mac, 
absolutely stuck with X. Not that I didn't resolve them, but that 80% 
of the suggestions were not the answer.

So, my suggestion and only for this particular situation is to install 
9.

Even though I feel X to be the far superior OS...


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Jack Rodgers

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