[P1] iBook newbie...

[Paul Bernhardt]

Fran said on 3/4/03 9:49 AM:

>I recently subscribed to this list after being on several of the other 
>LEM lists because I went out and got myself an iBook 600MHz/20/128/CD 
> I've had this for about 3 weeks and have already had to reinstall OS 
>10.2.4 three times and used the restore software to reinstall OS 9.2.2. 
>This machine seems to like to freeze up alot. One of the reintalls of OS 
>10  was because it would not boot back into OS 10 after using OS 9 for 
>about a half an hour. I am thinking that I should invest in more RAM but 
>am waiting until I can afford to get the 512 DIMM. In OS 10 is there a 
>way to allocate more memory to a particular program like in earlier OSs?
>Thanks for any help,
>Fran

The red flag I saw in your post is you have a 600 MHz iBook for only 3 
weeks. Seems to me that the 600MHz machines haven't been available for 
several months. If I'm recalling correctly, that suggests you didn't buy 
that machine new. Did you buy it used?

If so, it may be you got someone else's lemon, or worse, something they 
screwed up and passed off on you as if in new shape. 

Also, do you own other Macs or are you new to the Mac platform?  

Paul