Jazzhead
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I'm purchasing a new iMac for my father to replace his aging 800 Mhz G4 iMac (the "lamp-style iMac"). Before I perform the data/application transfer from the old iMac to the new one, I wanted to find out if my suspicions about the usefulness of that transfer when moving from a G4-based machine to an Intel-based processor are correct.
I used the initial transfer process when I moved from my old Pismo (which I upgraded to a 550 Mhz G4 from the original G3) to my Intel-based Macbook Pro. However, I didn't notice any speed gain whatsoever (in fact, having several memory-intensive applications open at the same time seemed to run slower than the G4 Powerbook). I was suspicious that the actual G4 native applications had been transfered, and as a result were all running through Rosetta. The support people at my local Apple Store showed me a "Rosetta" check box for a number of the applications in "Get Info", but that didn't help.
As a result, when Leopard came out, I decided to wipe my drive and start from scratch. I reinstalled the OS from scratch, and reloaded everything that I had that was Universal Binary, and finally reloaded my data. And the system ran great! Much faster than it had after the initial transfer.
So my question is, should I do this same complete reload for my dad's new system? Or was there an issue with my original use of the transfer process (I did it wrong, or the very first version of that didn't handle G4 -> Intel transfers very well) that has been resolved (or may be resolved, if I do it right this time)?
Any elucidation of the transfer process between G4-based and Intel-based Macs greatly appreciated. Thanks!
I used the initial transfer process when I moved from my old Pismo (which I upgraded to a 550 Mhz G4 from the original G3) to my Intel-based Macbook Pro. However, I didn't notice any speed gain whatsoever (in fact, having several memory-intensive applications open at the same time seemed to run slower than the G4 Powerbook). I was suspicious that the actual G4 native applications had been transfered, and as a result were all running through Rosetta. The support people at my local Apple Store showed me a "Rosetta" check box for a number of the applications in "Get Info", but that didn't help.
As a result, when Leopard came out, I decided to wipe my drive and start from scratch. I reinstalled the OS from scratch, and reloaded everything that I had that was Universal Binary, and finally reloaded my data. And the system ran great! Much faster than it had after the initial transfer.
So my question is, should I do this same complete reload for my dad's new system? Or was there an issue with my original use of the transfer process (I did it wrong, or the very first version of that didn't handle G4 -> Intel transfers very well) that has been resolved (or may be resolved, if I do it right this time)?
Any elucidation of the transfer process between G4-based and Intel-based Macs greatly appreciated. Thanks!
