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There are VPN capabilities already built-in to 10.2. And from what I understand, 10.3 will have even more. So you may not need a separate VPN client. I don't know the details, though, so you'll want to look into it. But you may be just fine.
 

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I thought I'd post a follow-up, seeing as how you guys are probably just dying to know how this has worked out for me. :)

We ordered a 12" Powerbook G4 last night. It came down to either the 15" or 12". They're both sweet, but ultimately the lower price, increased portability, and the "holy crap that's a sexy, tiny laptop" factor won out.

Maybe Apple will put me in one of those switch commercials. I can explain how my PC was possessed by the spirit of the late Ozzy guitarist, Randy Rhoads.

Thanks for the tips,
Ryan
 


Sorry about letting this thread lag. I added new members to the list at the beginning. Welcome to buzz & RyanL!

I think I'm finally ready to update to OSX. I have a iMac 400mhz G3/192mb RAM/10gig HD. Any recommendations on how I should approach the update? Right now I have the HD partitioned into one 5gig and two 2.5 gigs. I'm going to erase the drive before I install OSX. Should I get rid of the partitions? If I need to boot into OS9 (as was mentioned earlier in the thread), should I keep one partition for that? If I think of other questions, I'll come back and post 'em.

Thanks for any advice,

Jay
 

Mirth said:
I think I'm finally ready to update to OSX.
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Wow! I can't believe you held out this long. :)

Anyway, it depends on your OS9 needs. If you only need the occasional app that can run under Classic, I don't see a big need to partition the drive. If you need to actually boot into OS9, It probably can't hurt to make two partitions, one of them just big enough for your OS9 needs, e.g., 8GB/2GB.

It might not hurt to look at the various forums on Apple's site for more advice. Ideally, I'd find ways to alleviate ever having to use OS9 again. ;)

EDIT: Remember that the partition on which you install OSX needs to be the *first* one on the drive, IIRC. At least, I think that's still true.
 
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OS X updating and concurring with buzz...

about going OS X all the way. If you have OS 9 apps you really need (games, AI 8, fav version of quark, whatever) part the drive for 9. If you go classic:

SAVE all preferences, plug-ins, drivers and whatever for 9!!!

My classic mode seems 'stock' so things I would like to use no longer work... good thing they are only a 'like' and not a 'need'. I would really dislike having to hunt all of that little stuff down.

Heck... use just X... you can redo everything again later if it is not quite up to snuff :D .
 

Posting from the new Powerbook. Woot.

Couldn't log in with Safari, though. Do you guys have that problem?

-Ryan
 

What's the problem logging in? Does it not keep you logged in? I find on some boards that I have to do it a couple times to get it to stick. Not sure why, though.
 

Dimwhit said:
What's the problem logging in? Does it not keep you logged in? I find on some boards that I have to do it a couple times to get it to stick. Not sure why, though.
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Yeah, it says thanks for logging in and then dumps me back to the login page, as if I were still using the old URL, though I'm not. Oddly, once I successfully log in with IE, Safari then works. No big deal.

Loving the new computer so far, in general.

-Ryan
 

RyanL said:
Couldn't log in with Safari, though. Do you guys have that problem?
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I use Safari pretty much exclusively, and I've never had any problems with ENWorld. There are some sticky threads about people having login problems since they moved to the new board software, so you might want to check those out.

And congrats on the PowerBook! :D
 

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