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Technology Stocks : Apple Inc. -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Linda Kaplan who wrote (12701)	5/5/1998 5:08:00 PM
From: Adam Nash	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

Linda, System migration issues are hard no matter what OS you use, and I think they seem harder on the Mac because people don't expect them at all. On Windows NT (which I have at work), when things like this happen, they just automatically erase the hard drive, and reinstall everything. Ironically, this works well on the Mac, except it is a bit easier thanks to clean install (assuming you have the free HD space). What I typically do is this: 1) Clean install the latest system (8.1, for now) 2) Reinstall "problem apps" (Acrobat, Netscape, Eudora) 3) Reset my system prefs, internet config. 4) I then use the computer, moving stuff from the old system folder only when I need it. You'd be surprised how much cruft can accumulate over time that you no longer need. The secret to sanity is not throwing away anything until you know you don't need it. The price of sanity down the road is HD space. Anyway, you'd be surprised how pleasant it is to run on a clean system. You may never go back :) Now, for AAPL... Tomorrow is a big day.