Don paused, thought it over, and spoke thusly: > >I've owned and used Macs since I purchased a new 512ke. Never been >one to always >update systems (I generally stay with whatever came installed on the >box) so I wonder, >have there been so many buggy issues with previous system >releases... systems prior to >X? Every time I feel about ready to make the upgrade leap from 9, >the list seems to >fill up with discussions of problems, bugs and glitches users of X >are having... and I >really don't relish the thought of dealing with all the apparent >issues, especially as >my 'book works flawlessly with the original 9.1 installed. So is X >unusual in this >respect or have I just not been aware of similar problems when >earlier system releases >were made? > >Thanks, > >Don >Ti 400 For every minor glitch, many of which only happen to individual user's with their own unique setups, there are a thousand things that work better than any previous OS out there. It isn't the nature of 'help' lists to attract hymns of praise for what works right, or better. I get sentimental for 9, heck, I get sentimental for my Powerbook 150, running 7.6.1 But i wouldn't trade OSX for OS 9 any more than I'd dump my Titanium PowerBook for another 150 ~flipper