Comments for The Road to OS X

Comment from Damelon Kimbrough on 2002-12-21

2002-12-21T16:16:53Z

I don't know what you ultimately hope to do with your Macintosh, but you might want to consider just skipping OS 9 altogether. If you don't own or wish to own anything that's still only available for the older OS, then just go all OS X. I am not aware of anything that makes that route impossible or even unattractive. If I could just come up with the necessary funds to get my Adobe (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop) products in OS X, I would dump OS 9 myself.]]>

Comment from Adam Rice on 2002-12-28

2002-12-29T05:10:50Z

I did dump OS 9. I kept it around until I did a ground-up reinstall for 10.2--at that point, I realized "I never use it" so I didn't reinstall it. I've got a small partition set aside, just in case.]]>

Comment from Quinn on 2003-01-14

2003-01-14T08:19:30Z

Hi Brad,
Glad you've moved over to OSX - just being able to run MT locally is reason enough. A couple of points:

1. get the new video card, one that allows you to use Quartz Extreme (Silly name, amazing results). Pick up a cheapy nVidea if you have to.

2. RAM. I have a GB. 512 is minimum if you do any Photoshop work. With over 500 MB you'll never see PS do pageouts (via "top" in Terminal). RAM is cheap.

3. OS9.. enh.. Keep it around. Not to run as "Classic", but it's easier than searching for install CDs if something goes wonky. And don't think of it as having two OSes; remember, all Windows users can drop to the Command line (DOS for all intents and purposes.) Make a .dmg of your OS9 system Folder and keep in on your disk. Mount as needed.

I never boot into OS9, but still.. the disk space is minimal. You never know.

OSX is pretty sweet!

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