Upgrade vs Archive Install

[perfessor101]

Originally Posted by Scottfab

I'm supposed to have a bootable backup of 20 gigs?

But yeah, disable startups and run upgrade, got it.

One question though: when do you think the first bug-fixing update will be out? If its within a very short (read: like 2 weeks or less), I may just wait.

Why not a bootable backup of 20 GBs, I have a bootable backup of a 120 GB drive, a 180 GB drive and a 30 GB drive.

As far as the first bug fix update, if it follows the pattern of the Public Beta, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and 10.3 that will probably be in three or four months -- maybe longer. It all depends. There was one update of a Jaguar update not the initial 10.1 to 10.2 upgrade, as I recall it was 10.2.7 or 10.2.8, that came out only a couple of weeks after the release of the previous update but that was because of unanticipated compatibility issues with code optimized for the just released G5 PowerMacs and the older G4 and G3 machines. Tiger has been thoroughly tested on G3s, G4s, and G5s.

[Scottfab]

Perfessor, its not like I have a spare external hard drive handy. I have my DVD burner, thats it. What I can do is burn my downloads onto a dvd and hope for the best. I'll lose iLife, and the things that come with it like the calculator or stickies, but otherwise it'll be ok.

[Lt Major Burns]

my situatioin is this: i have 2 80GB hdds (1 internal, one lacie porsche usb2). the boot disk has panther on it and about 40gb to spare. also on there is a lot of apps that i don't have the cd for, but could be attainable, but it turns into a major pain in the arse (a trip to london). the other disk has 60gb of music, mostly not backed up. nothing is backed up. i don't have the funds to back-up. i need an internal 250gb. when i get £90....

so: what do i do? i get the feeling my system has slowed down since i got it, so i would like to do a clean install, and get it to be a new computer again. obviously this is not viable right now....

So: upgrade or archive? does archive pretty much do a clean install without any formatting? fresh .plists and settings, reset dock etc, but not actually deleteing anything? very noob

[bobw]

Read MacFixIt today. Good info on Upgrade and Archive.

[The Ghost]

Originally Posted by Lt Major Burns

so: what do i do? i get the feeling my system has slowed down since i got it, so i would like to do a clean install, and get it to be a new computer again. obviously this is not viable right now....

So: upgrade or archive? does archive pretty much do a clean install without any formatting? fresh .plists and settings, reset dock etc, but not actually deleteing anything? very noob

You are not in an enviable position. If I were you, I would do much of the basic maintnenance and troubleshooting indicated here1 and here2. Then, I would update to Tiger using Archive and Install. Overall, I think fewer have problems with Archive and Install than Update. If you use Archive and Install, then you probably also will want to use Preserve User and Network Settings.

[Scottfab]

I archive installed when I had to fix Panther. It's irritating. i'm just gonna upgrade and hope for the best.