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Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum?

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In article <021220131556299872%jimsgibson@gmail.com>, Jim Gibson
<jimsgibson@gmail.com> wrote:
> In article <vilain-1BFFAA.21300030112013@news.individual.net>, Michael
> Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> wrote:
> > In article <301120132334083881%nospam@nospam.invalid>,
> >  nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> > > In article <slrnl9ledd.50c.g.kreme@mbp55.local>, Lewis
> > > <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > > The screws are slowly tightening on my old G4 mini. It still works,
> > > > > but essentially no current software exists for it. The obvious choice
> > > > > is to buy an Intel mini, but Apple sells a lot of other Intel
> > > > > machines 
> > > > > and I wondered if there might be an under-appreciated machine that
> > > > > offers more bang for the buck. iMacs are nice, but I've got plenty
> > > > > of screens and it seems folly to buy the two locked together, so if
> > > > > one fails the other is scrap.
> > 
> > Also consider that your PPC software won't run on the Intel box if you 
> > run anything after 10.6 (Snow Leopard).  Classic stops at 10.4 and your 
> > PPC can still run those applications.
> > 
> > Have you done a *FULL* audit of all the software installed on the 
> > machine, including licenses and install media (if any)?  Now would be as 
> > good a time as any to find out what exactly you have on your hard drive, 
> > toss what's junk, and list everything out.  If you do a migration, lots 
> > of kruft may follow you to your new system that's useless.  You'll also 
> > be able to decide what you'll need to upgrade.
> 
> I would recommend not migrating PPC applications to any new Intel mac.
> 
> I did a full migration of my wife's PPC Mini to a new 20" Intel iMac
> two years ago, and the new iMac would not wake from sleep. You had to
> do a power off-on reboot to get it going if it went to sleep.
> 
> I took the iMac back to the Apple store and described the problem. They
> offered to work on the machine or just give me a new one. I took the
> new one and migrated only user files this time, not applications. I had
> to reinstall all of the applications, but the machine ran fine after it
> was done.

Personally I'd never "migrate" anything at all. 

It's much better to install all the applications from fresh and either
put the old hard drive into an external case or copy your own documents
onto a Flash drive / CDs and copt them onto the new Mac as you need
them ... any documents not copied across in, for example, six months
are probably never going to be needed again (but you could keep the
external copies just in case).

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Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? User Bp <bp@www.zefox.net> - 2013-12-01 04:07 +0000
  Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-30 23:20 -0500
    Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-12-01 21:06 +1300
      Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-01 18:42 +0000
        Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-01 15:05 -0500
        Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? Craig Harrison <email@domain.com> - 2013-12-01 20:49 +0000
        Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-12-02 12:29 +1300
    Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? "M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com> - 2013-12-01 15:22 -0500
  Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-01 04:23 +0000
    Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-30 23:34 -0500
      Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-11-30 21:30 -0800
        Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-01 00:37 -0500
        Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? Jim Gibson <jimsgibson@gmail.com> - 2013-12-02 15:56 -0800
          Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-03 13:19 +1300
          Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-02 19:35 -0500
    Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? Suze <replytome@thenewsgroup.com> - 2013-12-01 18:28 -0500
  Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2013-12-01 12:17 -0700
  Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-02 09:11 +1300
    Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-12-01 23:04 -0500
      Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-02 18:11 +1300
      Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-12-02 18:27 +0000
      Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? cosme.marley@gmail.com - 2013-12-02 23:25 -0800
        Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-12-03 04:39 -0500
          Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-04 09:05 +1300
          Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? rcp27g@gmail.com - 2013-12-04 05:55 -0800
            Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-04 18:06 +0000
            Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-05 09:01 +1300
              Re: Any "sweet spots" in the used Mac spectrum? rcp27g@gmail.com - 2013-12-06 02:27 -0800

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