Re: With Tiger is OS 9 pointless?

> >> > Well Randall, I thought that if I had a problem down the road with
> >> > OS 9 or OS X I could reinstall just that OS instead of everything.
> >> > Does that make sense?
> >>
> >> No, not on a PC or a Mac. Just one big partition will work just fine.
> >
> > On Windows I have to dissagree. The OS is so flawed and problematical
> > that frequent reinstalls are the only solution. And having Programs
> > on a seperate parition means you don't have to reinstall those
> > programs again and redo all the settings. I suppose one might be able
> > to back up the settings if you knew what they were but I'm not that
> > advanced. With OS X I'm not so sure. Hence the original post.
>
> I don't see how having seperate partitons would help in the case of
> Windows. In my experience one of the big problems with Windows is that
> most applications install various libraries and other files into the
> Windows folder, as well as adding numerous registry entries.

Some do, and a lot don't. You just reinstall the minimum you have
to. It saves a lot of time if you don't have to install 20 programs.

> With Mac OS X it's very different, since most Mac programs don't even
> have an installer! You just need to drag the application to the
> Applications folder (or wherever you want to put it). You can do a clean
> install of the operating system and the vast majority of your
> applications will still work.

I find its the settings that I have changed that I have to go through again
is the time consuming part. If I left everything in a default setting it
would be a breeze. But who does that?

> For those apps which do install something
> elsewhere it is always inside the Library folder, not the System folder.
> On the Macintosh apps never install _anything_ into the System folder,
> except for kernel extensions (usually drivers for third-party hardware).
> On my Mac I think there are a grand total of three non-Apple extensions
> installed.

I've got to learn about that stuff in the future. I'm a newbie.


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