[P1] FYI: New iBooks, no dual-boot

[Leonard Ornstein]

The warning about not placing to much weight in what "gurus" at the 
Apple Store have to say, is to be taken seriously.

If you accept the configuration of the iBook HD, as delivered, 
usually without a partition for OS 9.2.2, you may not be able to boot 
into 9.2.2.

However, if you erase the HD and reinstall, checking the box for a 
9.2.2 installation before continuing, you will then be able to boot 
in either X or 9.22.

Len Ornstein

At 7:53 AM -0400 5/2/03, Kathe Wittenberg wrote:
>Hi Everyone,
>
>I'm fairly new to this list, have had my iBook since December.
>
>I'd take some of the knowledge of the people at the Apple Store with 
>a grain of salt. In the past 3 months, I've sent two people to the 
>Apple Stores here in Southeastern Michigan, and both time they were 
>given misinformation. Friend went to see about a 17" LCD monitor for 
>her G4 (with VGA/DVI connectors on the vid card) and was told she'd 
>need a new computer to use Apple's LCD. A $99 adapter would have 
>done the trick, and Apple sells them. <sigh> The second friend was 
>looking for a new Mac, was really fed up with Dell, Gateway, etc. 
>and wanted more info about switching. Sales person treated she and 
>her husband like weirdos, weren't able to tell them why they should 
>'spend more' for a Mac. They ended up at CompUSA and bought another 
>PC.
>
>It has been stated in various articles headlined at MacSurfer.com, 
>that the current, most recent iBooks are dual boot. You can check it 
>out for yourself  <www.macsurfer.com>
>
>Another friend who bought her iBook a few weeks after I bought mine, 
>was told by SOS-Apple that her iBook wasn't designed to boot into OS 
>9. Sheesh...
>
>Namaste,
>
>Kathe
>Royal Oak, MI
>
>On Friday, May 2, 2003, at 04:58 AM, Marc van Gemert wrote:
>
>>Just back from the Apple Store, picked up a 900 MHz
>>iBook/12,1"/40GB/384MB/combo drive for a friend of mine (well he
>>actually came along to get it himself :-). Just heard from the guys
>>there selling it that the new range of iBooks (800 & 900 MHz) cannot
>>dual-boot anymore, they only run Jaguar (10.2.4 to be exact) and up, and
>>can only run OS 9 via Classic.
>>Just a FYI.
>>
>>
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