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To: Linda Kaplan who wrote (12619)	5/5/1998 12:27:00 AM
From: Travis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

Wow. Interesting story! There are a lot of troubleshooting sites, but I'm sure you're already well aware of them. I think in time the g3's will improve in quality as they iron out trouble spots and developers release patches, etc. thanks for the story and I'm glad to hear you haven't given up on your mac-at least yet. :) -travis

To: Linda Kaplan who wrote (12619)	5/5/1998 1:21:00 AM
From: HerbVic	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

Linda, I'm sure you have already thought of this, but I have to ask. Did you know that under OS 8 and 8.1 a program may require more RAM than it did under 7.6? I had to increase RAM allocation for Netscape 3.01 three times before it stopped freezing. Wish I could'a been dere at da cafe. Keep dem profits rollin' in, HerbVic

To: Linda Kaplan who wrote (12619)	5/5/1998 1:52:00 PM
From: Adam Nash	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213177

Hi Linda, I think you are suffering from system migration, not computer migration. 8.1 is incredible, but it does not work with every extension and library that worked with 7.x. About G3 apps quitting: This is not normal behavior. An interesting issue to examine how you moved your software over to the new machine. There are quite a few apps these days (terrible Windows influence) that really require an installer. Netscape (including plugins), Acrobat, Eudora, MS Office 4.2.1 are all applications that really have to be "installed", they can't just be dragged over. Trying to keep track of all the necessary extensions, libraries, and preferences files is too much. Ironically, MS Office 98 can be drag-copied, thanks to it's self-repairing facility. Once again, having pioneered a problem, MS wins glory for fixing it. 8.1 is extraordinarily stable, actually. The way I approach a new system is with a clean install, then re-installation of "problem applications" (mentioned above). I then copy over the remainder. never bulk copy over extensions and control panels from an old system. These are things you need to copy over slowly, so that if there is a problem with one of them and the new system, you'll know immediately. - Adam