Panther on 12" iBook

[Video International]

Robert,

I would doubt that Apple would remove support for the DV cam you are 
able to use now on Jaguar (despite it not being officially supported). 
My *guess* is that it would be the same for your other devices all 
well.

To be safe, when/if you upgrade to Panther, you might back up your 
current working OS with either Carbon Copy Cloner (latest version) or 
Panther's new Disk Utility which you can access from one of the drop 
down menus in the installer. If something doesn't work, you can then 
restore your old OS.

Rick



> I am debating whether to move up to 10.3 on my 12" iBook.  What I read
> about it is good.  I however have three things that must work in
> Panther.  One is my FireWire TDK 48/24/48 CD Burner.  It is not
> supported by OS X 10.2.8, however it works fine in Toast Lite 5.2.1.
> Second is my new Palm Zire 71 which works great with OS X 10.2.8, and
> lastly I have a Sharp DV Camcorder that is not listed in the supported
> Camcorders with iMovie, however it also works great with my present
> incarnation of OS X.  If everything plays well with OS X 10.2.8 can I
> be reasonably certain that they will work with Panther?  It is a pretty
> stock system with no hacks, etc installed.
>
> Thanks,
> Robert Newman
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