I have a quick question that hopefully doesn't create a lengthy discussion. I'm going to sell a 2300 to a friend whose 160 screen died. I'm wondering what you 2300 users prefer for your OS? Should I put 8.1, 8.5, or 8.6 on this before I give it to him? The 2300 will have 48 MB RAM and either a 1 GB or 4 GB drive, depending on what I find to put in it.
I have a similar machine (2300c w/56MB 1GB <--- I will install a 2 or 4GB soon ) running 9.1. I like 9.1 or higher.
This is going to be used mostly for word processing, maybe a little bit of spreadsheet work and not much else. The friend regularly uses OS 9 and X at work on a collection of G3 and G4 machines, plus has a 9500 at home for heavy Photoshop use. He still likes having a laptop and used to spend as much time on the 160 (running OS 7.x) as he did on the 9500.
Well in this case, then I would suggest 8.6 minimum. I have had pre-8.6 machines unable to communicate properly to higher OS machines using AppleTalk.
On a side note - if anyone has ideas on what might be the cause of a 160 losing its screen, I think I'm going to get that from him when I give/sell him the 2300. If nothing else, I may have some 160 ready to part out.
A common problem with these older PB's (and maybe all of them) is the inverter board gives up. If you have another 1xx series machine the parts are swapable. I will be doing this exact same work on a PB 160 for one of my customers. Given I have a 170 and 145, I think I can keep the 170 and part the 145. :)
thanks for your opinions,
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