Article: 284764 of comp.sys.mac.system User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.02.2022 Subject: Is MacOS 9.1 worth upgrading to? From: Mike Hutchison Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Message-ID: References: <291120001519129321%deepspace9@wormhole.proximity> <031220000211091620%netguru@no.spam.nym.alias.net> <1em0ucd.ary9vk171s4acN%spasticate@cableinet.nope> <1pN06.61$iK.8439@monger.newsread.com> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Lines: 39 Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 00:09:38 +0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.102.197.52 X-Complaints-To: news@u-net.net X-Trace: newsr1.u-net.net 978048581 195.102.197.52 (Fri, 29 Dec 2000 00:09:41 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 00:09:41 GMT Path: news.meer.net!nntp1.ba.best.com!news1.best.com!news.dra.com!feed2.news.rcn.net!rcn!feeder.qis.net!btnet-peer!btnet-peer0!btnet!newsr1.u-net.net!not-for-mail Xref: news.meer.net comp.sys.mac.system:284764 Personally, I'm not sure if 9.1 is worth upgrading to! Simply because there isn't enough major features in it. There appear to be only 6 new features, the rest are cosmetic. And the System apparently takes up an extra 19mb of RAM! See this url for details: http://www.thinksecret.com/features/macos91/ And: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/0012/fortissimo.shtml Features that I know of: -A new 'Window' menu in the Finder. -A new 'Network' control panel, that integrates AppleTalk, TCP/IP, Modem, Dial Assist, and Remote Access. -A new look Mouse control panel. -A new look 'Startup Disk' control panel. -A new look 'Sound' control panel. -A new look 'Energy Saver' control panel. -A new look 'General Controls' control panel (now PPC native). -Even more stable OS. -Boots up alittle faster, alledgedly! -Keyboard shortcuts for the View Options and Empty Trash. -Appearance themes for the iMacs, namely; Indigo, Ruby, and Sage Foam. -Everything that use to go into the 'Internet' folder will now go straight into the 'Applications' folder. -The 'Utilities' folder will be moved into the 'Applications' folder. -OpenGL 1.2. -USB Printer Share 1.0. -USB Support 1.4.6 - improves USB support and performance. -An new and improved 'Software Update' control panel. About time! -Full support for using Apple's new Pro USB keyboard. -Mac OS 9.1 is NOT MacOS X Public Beta compatible. Maybe I'm wrong - somebody want to list any other features? My only major worry, is the huge increase in memory consumption. Soon 128mb of RAM won't be enough anymore!!! I do hope NOT. -- Regards, Mike Hutchison