To Jaguar or not to Jaguar?

[evildan]

I would strongly suggest people backup... especially if your putting 10.2 on an older system (i.e. a G3 iMac).

Remember the actual release of 10 created several issues in these older machine, and while it's nice to trust Apple to fix these problems, why take the chance?

When putting a new operating system on any machine, always think about upgrading.

[caramelApple]

Ok, Ive got the idea that i SHOULD back up... but the question for me is how? I mean i could write all of my stuff to CDs or whatever... but wouldnt that take up a lot of CDs... and time? Is there a better way to do it? Is it absolutely necessary for ALL of my stuff? What is the essential stuff i need to backup? HELP!!


The Confused and Still Sick Mac Geekette

[evildan]

caramelApple,

You really only need to backup your stuff. You should already have ROMs of your operating system and programs when you got or purchased them.

So you really only need to backup your documents, and work files.

Depending on how much content on your computer you might find it easy to burn a few CDs and be done with it.

And again this is just a precaution... in case something unexpected happens... and "oh no, I lost my term paper!" happens.

[caramelApple]

Coolie! Well, ill have to order jaguar before i worry so much.. well thanks for the advice everyone! By the way does anyone know how often MacWorld comes around?


The Mac Geekette

[Boeing777]

They happen whenever M$ is expecting them least - Just kidding, Not quite sure how often they occur but I'd presume every six months or so, maybe I'm mistaken.

As for your upgrade backup, I don't think you should worry too much unless the Jaguar install process requires to initialize your hard disk which I doubt such a thing would happen with an OS X upgrade version.

Remember guys, Jaguar isn't XP, it's a real OS made by a real company.

Cheers

[caramelApple]

Okay thanks guys for the info... well MWSF came around not that long ago and i didnt get a chance to go... felt kinda sad but oh well there should be another one soon enough... yeah i dont think im going to back up my stuff... im just gonna hope for the best here with Jaguar.. now i still havent ordered it... but im planning to before school starts... argh... i start on the 19th! Well, if i werent a student i wouldnt be able to order the edu discount truthfully, now would i?


Love,

The Mac Geekette

[dsibilly]

Let me start by making an admission:

Three months ago, you couldn't get me to touch a Mac with a stick.

I was a VERY hardcore PC person, MCP and everything... Then I got into a situation where I no longer owned any of my PCs (had to sell for rent $$! Ouch!). I was given a old Mac by a merciful friend of mine who realized that without at least e-mail, web-surfing and word-processing capabilities, I'd lose my mind. (It was an old 7100/66, if any of you are wondering.)

After a few weeks, I realized that I could deal with owning a Mac, so I went and bought an old biege Gossamer G3 off eBay. I know, not much, but like I said, I had to sell my much more modern PCs just to keep my roof!

I had a copy of OS X 10.0 from when I was an employee at my college. I installed it after sinking some cheap upgrades into the box. That's when I realized that 10.0.x SUCKS, and went out and bought 10.1. Ahhh... MUCH better. This was about a month ago, and around the same time I started hearing rumblings about 10.2. In the immortal words of Ellen Feiss, "Errrrr?"

I was glued to the MCNY keynote like a moth to a flame, and appropriately, I got burned when I heard about the lack of upgraders price. This means that I not only missed the upgrade window for 10.1 (and had to fork out $129 just to get a usable OS), but now I'm being charged $129 in order to stay current.

Now, I realize that I may have just been shafted by my choice to purchase a Mac not long before MCNY, but frankly I didn't know of the existence of MCNY until about a week before the keynote! Not having a reduced upgrade price is a tad ridiculous, and I seriously doubt the wisdom of it. Some people have told me, "Just don't upgrade then!" But as an avid computer user for the past 15 years, I know that when major OS updates come out, it takes less than 6 months for all major software releases to require (latest version or higher) in order to run.

I guess I'll just have to pinch together enough spare change over the next couple months to budget in 10.2. But geez, Apple. Give us a little break, eh?

[caramelApple]

Yeah... thats tough..


I also ordered 10.1 in May and now their not offering me an upgrade discount... grrrrr


The Angry Little Mac Geekette