Digital BW, The Print

Thanks Johnny. i could devote one of my 4 hard drives to the OS 10 and
see if I like it. What happens when you try to print to an 1160 or 1280
from that system, does the image print? 

I've never used an ibm clone, so have no idea how to use the OS. I've
seen them of course, and you couldn't give me one free.

Jerry







Johnny Deadman wrote:
> 
> on 9/10/01 10:17 AM, Jerry Olson at jerryolson@... wrote:
> 
> > Johnny, are you using OS X? Can you print with all the Epson desktop
> > printers without hassles using OS X? I didn't think you could, so
> > haven't upgraded yet.
> 
> I've got OS X installed on a separate partition and I've been experimenting
> with it but I'm not ready to transition quite yet. In particular, the OS X
> 10.1 update which is due out in the next couple of weeks promises to make
> the system much more stable, and faster too. Luckily you can run it in
> tandem with your present OS 9 system which makes life simpler.
> 
> Because Photoshop doesn't yet run natively in OS X I still run it
> exclusively in OS 9.2.1. However I'm really warming to OS X. It really feels
> like the future. It feels a million miles removed from the current Intel
> crop. I think on a fast G4, and even more so on the G5 which is due out
> later this year or early next, it is going to rock. It already runs WAY more
> apps than I expected it to, and rather gracefully at that. I think the Epson
> drivers are now working okay although I haven't proved it for myself.
> 
> If you have the disk space I recommend installing it someplace and tinkering
> with it... you slowly start to see what all the fuss is about.
> 
> However I do have two reservations about the whole situation. The first is
> that for new apple purchasers who buy a CPU right now they get a mess of a
> system, with both OS X and OS 9 installed. That's all right for geeks like
> me but my niece is getting a G4 when she goes to study art at school and
> she's not going to 'get' what's going on AT ALL.
> 
> Secondly, OS X is a beautiful piece of work BUT I think we have to kiss
> goodbye to the adage that the Mac is easy to use. OS X is very complex and
> powerful, and it has a beautiful surface sheen, but I think it is no easier
> to use than (say) Windows 2000 or Windows ME. No harder either, but you get
> the feeling the Mac just went from being the friendly little volkswagen
> beetle to a purring V8 Jaguar.
> --
> John Brownlow
> 
> http://www.pinkheadedbug.com
> 
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