November 14th 03, 05:39 PM
On Thu, 6 Nov 03 15:43:36 GMT, (Ty Ford) wrote:
>In Article >,
(Audy) wrote:
>>If you don't have to, DO NOT "upgrade" to 10.3. Unless you have
>>updated drivers for your drives, you can lose data big time.
>>
>>I know that at least one of the firewire drive companies are
>>publishing new drivers to handle the problem.Apple has finally
>>publicly annouced that they recognize the problem, so an update should
>>be coming soon.
>>
>>I'm going to wait a while. I waited for OS 10.2 to settle down, and
>>will wait for 10.3 to do the same. Probably a month or so.
>>
>>Macintouch.com has been reporting all sorts of minor and MAJOR
>>problems. Check that site for current reports and updates.
>>
>>Thanks to Ty Ford for bringing this to our attention.
>>
>>I was just about to upgrade that day but thanks to Ty, checked it out
>>first.
>>
>>Audy O
>>Radar 24 Dealer
>
>Audy,
>
>No prob. I was able to return to 10.2 and then back up with a 10.2.6 disk
>from teh local apple store (amazing that retail computer stores can be so
>helpful.)
>
>Than again, it was one of their folks who said, "10.2.X to 10.3 is not much
>of a change. Go ahead!"
Macs sure look funny and act funny.
>In Article >,
(Audy) wrote:
>>If you don't have to, DO NOT "upgrade" to 10.3. Unless you have
>>updated drivers for your drives, you can lose data big time.
>>
>>I know that at least one of the firewire drive companies are
>>publishing new drivers to handle the problem.Apple has finally
>>publicly annouced that they recognize the problem, so an update should
>>be coming soon.
>>
>>I'm going to wait a while. I waited for OS 10.2 to settle down, and
>>will wait for 10.3 to do the same. Probably a month or so.
>>
>>Macintouch.com has been reporting all sorts of minor and MAJOR
>>problems. Check that site for current reports and updates.
>>
>>Thanks to Ty Ford for bringing this to our attention.
>>
>>I was just about to upgrade that day but thanks to Ty, checked it out
>>first.
>>
>>Audy O
>>Radar 24 Dealer
>
>Audy,
>
>No prob. I was able to return to 10.2 and then back up with a 10.2.6 disk
>from teh local apple store (amazing that retail computer stores can be so
>helpful.)
>
>Than again, it was one of their folks who said, "10.2.X to 10.3 is not much
>of a change. Go ahead!"
Macs sure look funny and act funny.