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Hobbes · Mar 27, 2002, 06:55 PM

Are you running X or a Classic OS? If both, where do you spend most of your time?

CheesePuff · Mar 27, 2002, 06:58 PM

Once I got my iBook 600 DVD a month ago, I re-formatted the HD into 3 partitions (OS X, OS 9, and documents). After installing Mac OS X and my documents, I have not yet installed OS 9 yet.

So, full time OS X. (384 MB RAM, 15 GB HD)

macusrX · Mar 27, 2002, 07:01 PM

X- full time. classic is installed on a partition but i never use it....

jules · Mar 27, 2002, 07:18 PM

X, full time. I also have 9 installed, but NEVER use it.

JeffZPgh · Mar 27, 2002, 07:39 PM

X and only X. First thing I did with my iBook when i got it was to wipe the drive and reinstall only X.

SupahCoolX · Mar 27, 2002, 09:44 PM

I use 10.1.3 full time. OS9 is installed on a separate partition (just in case), but I never use it anymore.

alpha rays max · Mar 27, 2002, 09:50 PM

10.1.3. Classic is installed for Photoshop, but I hope to get the X version of that soon.

iBabo · Mar 27, 2002, 09:50 PM

first thing i did when i powered up my ibook was switch it over to OS X...i didnt bother using OS 9 for more then 2 minutes max.... the only reason i have OS 9 is because of Photoshop, besides that, i never use it...

Grozni Majmun · Mar 27, 2002, 10:07 PM

X. I never use 9 anymore. I don't use any apps that depend on it. Drives me crazy now to go to the computer lab and have to use 9. 10.1.3 is very useable on my 600 w 384 Mb RAM, just the finder is slow sometimes.

Technicolor · Mar 27, 2002, 10:38 PM

10.1.3 full time usually but it's still sluggish. I only have 256mb of ram though. I'm waiting for damn prices to drop again so I can pump it up to 640mb.

Voch · Mar 27, 2002, 10:40 PM

Full-time Mac OS X 10.1.3 on my iBook/500/DVD/384MB/10GB.

Voch

nigeljedi · Mar 28, 2002, 12:26 AM

OS X 90%, Classic "environment" 5%, Classic native 5%...
I hate Classic. But I have to use it occasionally for Photoshop and Illustrator...

Arkham_c · Mar 28, 2002, 12:37 AM

I have booted OSX since the day I got the iBook. I have OS9 installed just in case, and I do boot the classic environment once a month or so to run Photoshop (I use Classic a little more often on my G4 desktop). I am a UNIX junkie from awy back, so OSX is perfect for me.

Hobbes · Mar 28, 2002, 01:32 AM

Well, based on this informal poll, it would appear that iBook users appear to be among the most progressive of Apple's customers. Course, iMac, PB, and PowerMac users might disagree.

But hey, its hard to argue with 13 of us, so far, all using X full-time, with not a single respondent using 9 for more than 5% of their time.

Daniel_R · Mar 28, 2002, 03:05 AM

Mainly OS X.1.2, classic evironment for pshop 6, scanner (no OSX drivers yet), and a opennap client (Rapster v1.0b14)

PeteWK · Mar 28, 2002, 04:18 AM

OS 9.2. I'm not adopting OS X until I get a G4 laptop of some kind. I'm getting used to it by running it on my external hard drive.

PeteWK

ccsccs7 · Mar 28, 2002, 05:01 AM

Well, for most of my work/play/reading, I'm in OS X (10.1.3 at the moment) and use classic to run Photoshop and Illustrator. Sometimes I check out a browser that needs classic to run, but I spend most of my time in OS X. Rarely do I boot up in 9 unless I want to check to see if a specific program or device works there when it doesn't work in Clasic.

ZeroLow · Mar 28, 2002, 09:08 AM

I got X on my ibook. got os 9 on my ipod so i have it when i need it only use it to install proggys like final cut and toast upgrades and some game upgrades.

darksnoopy · Mar 28, 2002, 11:08 AM

10.1.3 full time, i have a 600 ibook, 384mb ram. i have done all the optimization i could and notice no difference to 0s9...

spb · Mar 28, 2002, 11:51 AM

9.2 - 99.9%
X- 'nuff said

When apple deign to put some real energy saving features into x - then maybe i'll change , but it does seem as if x requires plenty of oomph just to work- something the ibook just ain't got..its a desktop os at the mo'

XPBlows · Mar 28, 2002, 12:12 PM

X 99.9% of time.... unless I need to VPN into work....then I have to use 9.

willed · Mar 28, 2002, 01:12 PM

I use X, C% of the time.

anna katzner · Mar 28, 2002, 02:23 PM

iBook/600 Combo, 384 MB RAM

3 Partitions, MacOS 9.2 ONLY

(i've got way too much classic stuff going to bother me with X as yet. (graphic/typo/web-design))

(this does not mean that i don't think that X is good, it's just not the right tool for me right now. remember: "never change a working configuration")

anna

pkjackson · Mar 28, 2002, 02:38 PM

ONLY OS 9 - As someone that makes a living going graphic design, I can't afford to be using OS X - very little of the programs that I use are OS X native. I am waiting for Photoshop and Quark Xpress.

Captain Obvious · Mar 28, 2002, 04:03 PM

Since I got Office X i go OSX about 75% of the time and the rest I boot into 9.1 I HATE running classic on X.

dcmacdaddy · Mar 28, 2002, 05:05 PM

After I got Office v.X I have been 100% OS X on my iBook 500/384/10GB. No OS 9 at all.

dcmacdaddy · Mar 28, 2002, 05:06 PM

After I got Office v.X I have been 100% OS X on my iBook 500/384/10GB. No OS 9 at all.

phantomdragonz · Mar 28, 2002, 05:11 PM

9.2.2 100%
128megs is not enough to run x.

P.D.

pat++ · Mar 28, 2002, 05:59 PM

I bought my first Mac ever (an iBook 500) to run OS X.
I *NEVER* use OS 9

Weedon · Mar 28, 2002, 06:26 PM

I use a 466DVD SE with 320 megs of ram. I use X for just about everything. Maybe once a week I am forced to use classic for something, but I never use 9.

ringo · Mar 28, 2002, 07:03 PM

iBook 500 MHz w/ 256 RAM...

I boot into X for games, music, surfing the web, and Microsoft Office.

I boot into 9 for photoshop, dreamweaver and any other resource-intensive task.

I like the look of X, but prefer 9's faster response time and window manager.

iMan · Mar 28, 2002, 07:17 PM

Hello,

I use X full time but, I use Classic part time and I mean very part time. I use claasic just for Photoshop and Dreamweaver.

Justin W. Williams · Mar 28, 2002, 08:28 PM

iBook 500 running osx. Love it. Just wish it was a bit snappier. Guess I need a g4 for that.

bleee · Mar 28, 2002, 09:36 PM

I got my IBook 600Mhz 2weeks ago, deleted 9 as soon as I got it X is just too pretty =)

OS X 100% Although somethings are really really slow even with 384MB of Ram, Will 640 improve the speed?

Lateralus · Mar 29, 2002, 12:14 AM

Well...

I am new to the Mac, and though it would be nice if I would start out using Classic, for a few months. I figured that if I am ever to understand where Apple is going in the future, I should do as much as I can to familiarize myself with where they have been...

That and I am using Always Off Line's Version 7.0 - 45 day trial, and it doesn't work in OS X, even in the Classic enviorment.

mgl · Mar 29, 2002, 01:08 AM

Always OS 10.1.3 on my iBook 600 combo I use for work. Same on my iMac G4 800 at home.

El Diablo · Mar 29, 2002, 01:23 AM

In 10.1.3 99% of the time. Only go back to 9.2 when i have to. I hesitated to try X when I first got my ibook, but now, i can't go back.
iBook 500/640/Combo drive

mikerally · Mar 29, 2002, 09:09 AM

Old school iBook Indigo 366 here.

Use Mac OS X full time, and yes it works well.

I only use Mac OS 9 to install older apps.

:-)

gonadman · Mar 29, 2002, 01:39 PM

I have never used anything but OS X. I had to install (or was too excited when my iBook arrived to think about trying something else) OS 9 from the original software CDs, but straight away reinstalled OS X by itself.

Given enough time I will probably give Debain GNU/Linux PPC a shot aswell.

Qhris · Mar 29, 2002, 08:05 PM

OS X All the way baby! I do have a OS9 partition, but I am seriously considering clearing off the system totally to make room for more apps and A/V files.

mike one · Mar 29, 2002, 08:27 PM

os X 99.5% of the time.

reboot into os 9 native to use my sandisk smart media reader.

ibook 600 384MB ram.

while os x is noticeably slower, i have yet to restart my ibook because of a crash. the stability more than makes up for the speed hit, imho.

command-tab · Mar 29, 2002, 08:40 PM

I use 10.1.3 for everything...with a few exceptions:

- Deus Ex (will someone PLEASE port it!)
- the classic Mac game, Spectre Challenger (check it out)
- Unreal Tournament (UT X b2 doesn't run that well under X)
- Photoshop 6 to scan stuff (Canon hasn't released drivers for X yet)

Mojo · Mar 30, 2002, 05:12 PM

I partitioned the 20GB drive into three volumes, installed 9.2 on two and left the 2GB volume empty to use as a scratch/CD burning space.

My main reasons for doing this? I use a number of apps that require an upgrade to run natively in OS X, and I prefer to let others be at the vanguard of exploring OS X.

Heck, I'm still running 8.6 on my office Mac so I suppose that I am a real Luddite when it comes to operating systems. But I am playing with 9.1 on the office Mac so that file sharing will hopefully work better; the subtle difference in how 8.6 and 9x deals with file sharing causes me some headaches...

I also cannot use my current security program (DiskLock) with OS X, and since the iBook will have sensitive material on it (e-mail, passwords, etc...) I want to able to easily encrypt and lock the sucker.

I am meandering through David Pogue's "The Missing Manual" and if I am really inspired to play with X I can always use the iMac for that.

[ 03-30-2002: Message edited by: Mojo ]

rampant · Mar 30, 2002, 07:22 PM

I used 9 until I sold it because it was just so much faster.

aloner · Mar 31, 2002, 01:15 PM

I use OS9 100%.
I had OSX installed for some time, but it was too slow in my iBook 500.
Other reasons:
I bought Office 2001 a few months ago. No desire to spend more money in Office X.
Quake III
Unreal
Battery life in OS9
OS9 is more mature
I like OS9

x user · Mar 31, 2002, 01:28 PM

ohhessex

baby....

For those of you that can't read...

OSX

WTWolfe · Mar 31, 2002, 02:35 PM

I have an iBook 466 SE FW...it was OS 9 only when I bought it. I tried to be an "early adopter" and tried 10.0 - HATED IT!!!

I swore I would switch to X when I was very outdated (in a few YEARS). Then 10.1 was announced, I thought, "heck I'll give it a try". So I drove over to my Apple Store in Columbus, OH and bought it the morning it was available. (Actually I had been using it "unofficially" since September - before the release date). Now I have totally deleted ALL OS 9 from the iBook and I dread working on the G4 which has OS 9.2.2. I am a convert! It's MAC OS X for me!!

scaught · Mar 31, 2002, 02:59 PM

Originally posted by mikerally:
<STRONG>Old school iBook Indigo 366 here.

Use Mac OS X full time, and yes it works well.

I only use Mac OS 9 to install older apps.

:-)</STRONG>

same here. ibook 366. 10.1.3. 320mb RAM. pretty much only use it for websurfing around the house and the wife uses it at school to take notes but its always in x.

slider · Mar 31, 2002, 03:30 PM

Originally posted by WTWolfe:
<STRONG>I have an iBook 466 SE FW...it was OS 9 only when I bought it. I tried to be an "early adopter" and tried 10.0 - HATED IT!!!

I swore I would switch to X when I was very outdated (in a few YEARS). Then 10.1 was announced, I thought, "heck I'll give it a try". So I drove over to my Apple Store in Columbus, OH and bought it the morning it was available. (Actually I had been using it "unofficially" since September - before the release date). Now I have totally deleted ALL OS 9 from the iBook and I dread working on the G4 which has OS 9.2.2. I am a convert! It's MAC OS X for me!!

</STRONG>

Pretty much the same deal for me. The office I do Mac work for is still in 9, but I keep looking for the dock. X all the way.

Mojo · Mar 31, 2002, 03:33 PM

I understand that 10.1 is MUCH better than 10, and moving to X is inevitable at some point, sooner or later... But I tend to be the last on my block to adopt new technology.

Let others work out the bugs; I want to get stuff done.

Having said that, I do appreciate those who make the initial plunge and pave the way for other users.