How was it for you Jaguar >> Panther

[jrober]

My long suffering non tech wife has the dubious delight of upgrading the iMac G3 600Mhz at home from Jaguar to Panther so we can iChat.

I will be providing telephone support from here but I wanted to know from those who have done it before what is it like? Is it very easy? Anything I should know before she says "is it supposed to do that!"?

When I did OS9 to Jaguar it was very simple.

 

[26139]

Uh...

My long suffering non tech wife has the dubious delight of upgrading the iMac G3 600Mhz at home from Jaguar to Panther so we can iChat.

I will be providing telephone support from here but I wanted to know from those who have done it before what is it like? Is it very easy? Anything I should know before she says "is it supposed to do that!"?

When I did OS9 to Jaguar it was very simple.

If OS9 to Jaguar was simple, then why are you worrying about Jaguar to Panther?

 

[jrober]

Because as I said it is my non tech wife who will do this with me 1000+ miles away providing phone support.

What was your experience?

 

[mms]

Well first, if you're doing a clean install (which I recommend), you would need to have a way to back up all the data. That, I think, might be one of the tougher parts of the install. I also believe that you would need to deauthorize any iTunes accounts prior to a reformat. The Apple Installer is pretty user-friendly and the reformat/install should go pretty smoothly.

 

[emw]

Well first, if you're doing a clean install (which I recommend), you would need to have a way to back up all the data. That, I think, might be one of the tougher parts of the install. I also believe that you would need to deauthorize any iTunes accounts prior to a reformat. The Apple Installer is pretty user-friendly and the reformat/install should go pretty smoothly.

I did not do a fresh install, and had absolutely no issues with upgrading my PowerBook. You can always do a fresh re-install when you get home.

 

[Littleodie914]

Can't say that I've upgraded from Jaguar to Panther myself, as my 'book shipped with Panther. I have heard from friends and read in quite a few articles that the new "Archive & Install" is only recommended if you have no other way to transfer files from your old OS to the new. A clean install is usually recommended, and is what I always perform on this when I clean it out every half a year, as well as my PC, when I clean it out every half a week. Good luck with it all though, hope it results in a happy misses back at the clubhouse. (lol those enzyte commercials are too funny...)

 

[jsw]

I did the fastest, easiest upgrade I could on my G5 PowerMac, my G4 iMac, and my 400MHz G3 PowerBook. In all cases, it worked flawlessly. No need for a "clean" install.

If possible, I'd recommend telling her how to back up some of the important files, but of course that's good advice no matter what you're going to do. But I wouldn't worry about it. Odds are very much that she'll have no problems whatsoever.

 

[Les Kern]

flawless but not orgasmic. OS9 to 10.0 was like ripping your fingernails out with a pair of pliers; fascinating, but less than helpful. Best jump is OS9 to 10.2.8, then to 10.3.X.
1000 miles away? That's nothing, because "Insert CD, Install" can be done by a monkey post six-pack. No offense to the wife, she's no monkey.

 

[Mechcozmo]

That's nothing, because "Insert CD, Install" can be done by a monkey post six-pack.

Best description of how easy a Mac is to use I have ever heard.

 

[bousozoku]

My experiences were good. My older machine, a PowerMac G3/400 went through an Update installation and had absolutely no problems. My dual G4/800 also had an Update installation and had a slight problem with the firewall thinking another was active. There was a simple fix.

 

[jrober]

Guys,

Thanks for the comforting advice, I will be instructing the Monkey sorry Wife to down said six pack, Insert CD and Install.

John

 

[jrober]

Hurrah

Guys & Gals,

Thursday night instruction given, followed and Wife is very happy with Panther, Painless upgrade no problems.

John

Also big bonus six pack remains un opened!

 

[King Cobra]

The transition to Panther from Jaguar for me was easy, but not worth it. The Finder is loaded with like 8 or 9 problems that weren't in Jaguar...and I'm ending it here before I get started again.

 

[wrldwzrd89]

I reformatted and installed when I went from Jaguar to Panther and I had no issues at all. I was expecting some of my older applications to break - the only one that had trouble was Norton Utilities (which THANK GOD I am no longer using - in case you ask, I know it's gone because I got a new Mac since then, and I reformatted when I had my old Mac to make sure it was gone).