[iBook] How far can I go into 10.x?

[Brian Olesky]

There may have been some speed advantages with OS9 (I never felt them, but
it seems others have), but the fact that OSX never crashes more than offsets
that. WAY MORE! Besides, it's only a matter of time before you're going to
have to upgrade anyway, so the sooner you start the easier it'll be for you.

Brian

On 2/27/06 10:48 AM, "Tom Legare" <Tom.Legare at comcast.net> wrote:

> 
> If you're happy with 9.2.2 I would find another way to do your taxes. Many
> times I've regretted going to OS X on my iBook 500 w/ 640MB of RAM, although
> it IS stable and I get many of the new features. However, the days of being
> snappy" are long gone. My kid's Pentium II 366Mhz ancient laptop runs
> Windows XP faster than my iBook running OS X 10.3.9.
> 
> Just my opinion. 
> 
> Tom 
> 
> 
> -------Original Message-------
> 
> From: Drulard, Ted
> Date: 02/27/06 12:36:14
> To: ibook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com
> Subject: [iBook] How far can I go into 10.x?
> 
> I like 9.2.2. 
> I'm comfortable with 9.2.2.
> But TurboTax wants 10.2.8 at least.
> Yes, there are several advantages to the system upgrade (for instance, I
> could get my photos directly off my Canon Powershot). But, well, see above.
> 
> So
. 
> I have a Graphite iBook SE (466 MHz w/ Firewire & CD/DVD-ROM), with 320 MB
> RAM. 
> Apple says that I can go to 10.4.5.
> 1) Is 10.4.5 practicable on my machine?
> 2) Would something between 10.4.5 & 10.2.8 be "better" in some way?
> 3) If I want to get something less that 10.4.5, where do I get it? Would it
> save money? 
> 4) As an option, could I install 10.2+ on my external firewire HD? If so,
> how? 
> 
> (To those folks with the suggestions on how to get my photos from my Canon
> Powershot 610; Thanks all of you for your suggestions. Yes I thought about
> the card reader, I just wanted to make sure I hadn't missed an option with
> just the camera and a cable. Evidently, not. Well, this upgrade will solve
> that problem also. And I may still get the card reader, so I don't need to
> start the camera just to retrieve the photos.)
> 
> TIA for all thoughts.
> 
> Tedmund Drulard 
> E-mail: tdrulard at curtisswright.com
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