Re: Transferring hard drive comtents between Macs

On 2007-05-27 17:25:16 -0500, Michelle Steiner <michelle@xxxxxxxxxxxx> said:

In article <trm6i.52660$g63.23962@edtnps82>,
Robert Montgomery <info-block@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

You should always make it a practice, when you purchase a new
peripheral, to go to the manufacturer's web site and download the
absolute latest driver rather than using what's on the CD that came
with the hardware.

I'll install the drivers that come with the hardware and then check
the manufacturer's web site.

That's right.

For example, the disks that come with my new iMac contain OS 10.4.8,
so if I had to erase my drive, I'd have to install the OS 10.4.8 from
the CDs first before being able to download 10.4.9 from the Apple
site.

Well, that's a given; I was referring, though, to peripherals. I
recently bought a new all-in-one printer/scanner/copier/FAX. I
installed the and apps from the CD that came with it, and then
downloaded the most recent version, and installed it.

I don't see the point of installing old versions of drivers etc. when newer versions are available. In fact, I have experiences where doing so caused problems that would have been avoided had I simply installed the latest version to begin with. The safest bet is to install the latest version.

--
JR

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