Many thanks for nifty intro

If Apple isn't the new Swiss Army Knife ... dunno what is. Now if an Apple dealer had said the same thing (!) Thus far has bizness credibility fallen.. to ~0. Looking forward to next query, what should I do?

(Will show him/her this thread) Maybe learn along with newbie. Two birds; one stoned. My main point would be (in advance): HW cost is a Red Herring, when you consider the tribulations of lock-in, in bed with The Beast; or the learning curve to maintain by yourself, a Linux install - from the point of only GUI experience in an office.

Just one other consideration: I grok the reasons why a full backup of Windoze demands an image - too many open files, etc. Is a full backup of OS- 9 or X equivalent: a Ghost-like image save, partition by partition?

That is, thinking newbie EZ-save/restore. If you have full data backups, a complete restoration ever beats minute troubleshooting - unless you just like problem solving. Most users don't like or can't do.

{sniff} no more SpinRite though.. :( Doubt you could get through DOS-emulator layer to the guts, as SR must. Oh Well - at $100 a pop, who needs to test HDs anymore?

Thanks again,

Ashton

Post #22,308 by Ashton 12/22/01 10:06:23 PM Reply	Many thanks for nifty intro If Apple isn't the new Swiss Army Knife ... dunno what is. Now if an Apple dealer had said the same thing (!) Thus far has bizness credibility fallen.. to ~0. Looking forward to next query, what should I do? (Will show him/her this thread) Maybe learn along with newbie. Two birds; one stoned. My main point would be (in advance): HW cost is a Red Herring, when you consider the tribulations of lock-in, in bed with The Beast; or the learning curve to maintain by yourself, a Linux install - from the point of only GUI experience in an office. Just one other consideration: I grok the reasons why a full backup of Windoze demands an image - too many open files, etc. Is a full backup of OS- 9 or X equivalent: a Ghost-like image save, partition by partition? That is, thinking newbie EZ-save/restore. If you have full data backups, a complete restoration ever beats minute troubleshooting - unless you just like problem solving. Most users don't like or can't do. {sniff} no more SpinRite though.. :( Doubt you could get through DOS-emulator layer to the guts, as SR must. Oh Well - at $100 a pop, who needs to test HDs anymore? Thanks again, Ashton
Post #22,330 by tjsinclair 12/23/01 11:57:24 AM Reply	Backup/Restore Don't have an exact answer to this, but I'll try anyway. As far as I know, there isn't an equivalent to Ghost on the Mac OS side except for Apple Software Restore, a utility that will let you create a bootable installer CD with all of your apps (poss. data as well) on it. I've also seen instructions for creating a custom OS X installer CD on the net as well. Tom Sinclair Speaker-to-Suits "Well, basically there are two sorts of opera,' said Nanny, who also had the true witch's ability to be confidently expert on the basis of no experience whatsoever. 'There's your heavy opera, where basically people sing foreign and it goes like "Oh oh oh, I am dyin', oh, I am dyin', oh, oh, oh, that's what I'm doin'", and there's your light opera, where they sing in foreign and it basically goes "Beer! Beer! Beer! Beer! I like to drink lots of beer!", although sometimes they drink champagne instead. That's basically all of opera, really." -- (Terry Pratchett, Maskerade)
Post #22,344 by Ashton 12/23/01 5:32:10 PM Reply	But there's Tosca: Ya want me? Over your dead body Scarpia!

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