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Supposedly its increased stability and a way to import bookmarks. I can attest that I haven't yet had it lock up (this was a frequent problem for me with the b5 version). So, I think it is a lot more stable.

Let me put it this way - the animation takes cycles away from more important things, like menu selection, other window updates, etc. So, the argument that you can do other things while this animation is going on doesn't really hold, because in order to do other things, you need the Window...

Wow, lucky you, Eric! When my apps start swapping out, for example, I leave Mail running for a long time, when it gets swapped back in the disk on my beige G3 really starts chugging for quite a while. But, I have the stock disk with only 128MB RAM on a beige G3...

OmniWeb 4.0 beta 6 is now available! I have downloaded it and installed it. It is supposed to fix the freezing bug where it hangs with a spinning color wheel and you have to force quit it, plus other fixes. I'm running it right now. Let's see how it works!

There's nothing silly about wanting to eliminate gratuitous animation. And it *does* suck processor cycles. Try this: Open a Terminal window, and run 'top -u'. Then minimize windows, and drag windows around. You'll see the Window Manager process CPU utilization jump quite high. I'd rather...

Yes, I seem them now. I have three of them; each one is 80MB. So I assume that I have only 240MB of VM? I only allocated a 1GB partition for OS X. I don't know how much gets created, and if it grows dynamically or not. Can't I somehow add a link to another partition to get more swap space?

I have a Rev A iBook with 160MB RAM and was thinking of installing it (I installed it successfully on my beige G3), but I resisted for these reasons: - No AirPort! I rely on AirPort! - No printing! - No tap/double-tap. Love this feature. I never click the button. - I have the...

SadMac, Are you using a stock setup? Are you using the original CD-ROM? Did you add any hard drives or change jumpers? Make sure you remove any third-party cards, such as SCSI cards, video, USB, ZIF upgrades, etc. Try to get your system down to the minimum. Can you boot from the CD...

Eric, You have to be careful when you say that "every process is allocated 4GB of memory". In a way, that's not really true. Every process can use a maximum of 4GB of memory, but that isn't *allocated* per se. Memory is allocated dynamically by the OS at the request of the process. We want...

I'm curious - where does X put the VM swap storage? If you are low on disk does the VM file minimize your memory capacity? Can I move it to another disk?

Yes, its true - no PPPoE is supported in the beta. By the time of the true release, the PPPoE software *should* be available. But there is an alternative - an expensive one. You can purchase a DSL router from MacSense or LinkSys which has on-board support for PPPoE. Easy to set up and works...

Yes, its a well-known issue. The graphics need to be optimized for the real release, and dynamic window sizing is very graphics intensive. Don't worry, it should be zippy when released.

How can you use X as "your primary OS" without the capability to print, burn CDs, etc?

Yup! While snooping around I found wClock as well. It's using the system font which is good, but there are some negatives: - The font doesn't have the shadowing like the other menu items. But, it does fit quite well. - wClock isn't as configurable - can't change the location, the color...

I'm using the shareware JetClock, which lets you put a good 'ol clock in the menubar where it belongs. Works well, problem is the default font is that goofy "Sand". When I try to change it using "Show Font" (there isn't a Preference for it), it does nothing. I can change the format, the color...

You may have messed up the firmware on the first try. Try booting into Open Firmware (cmd-opt-O-F, I think). At the prompt type: set-defaults then bye That should restore the firmware. Then try booting from the CD again holding down the "c" key. Frank

If you have a stock beige G3 (I do), the install is flawless. In my case, I partitioned into 3: - Mac OS 9 - Mac OS X - Data (applications, documents, utilities) If you have modifications, here are my suggestions: - Pull any third party video cards (voodoo, ixmicro, etc.) If you...

On the recommendation of the OS X boards, I downloaded and installed the OmniWeb browser. The Stuffit Expander kept giving me -50 errors when unstuffing, so I went into the UNIX terminal and used 'tar xvf', which worked fine. I've heard its supposed to be extremely stable, but I've had it...

Don't pay much attention to the "Being Assembled" status. I've heard that people have even received it, and the status still says "Being Assembled". I think sometimes they forget to update it.

What if you have a stock beige G3 (no extra cards, no extra HD, stock CD-ROM and HD)? Will it work?