Dear DP, >I just upgraded from OS 8 to OS 9 on my Powerbook 2400c (no G3 card) >with 80 Megs of RAM. The machine seems to be running quite slowly >now, although it seemed pretty slow before as well. Is there an ideal >OS that the 2400 seems to like best? I suppose it depends on your standards of what is slow and fast, but 8.6 on my PB 2400 with the same RAM is, by my standards fast. It's not what I would call blistering, I mean, I'm not sitting here with a face distorted with G forces, but it's certainly not slow. One thought is that you may have it with the default settings. If you haven't taken out what you don't need with Extensions Manager, you will have a whole load of fat in your system folder. There are many other tricks to speed things up. Pogue's MacSecrets has some great data about this and the extensions and control panels in your system folder. Plus it's a very well written and entertaining book. If you are new to the Mac, I would highly recommend it. Another thought is that you might be trying to do heavy graphics work or play DVD's on it or something. >From what I hear, MacOS 9 is not a lot different on it than 8.6, friends tell me it's no faster or slower. For this reason I haven't upgraded. And finally, if you go to VersionTracker, you can download Newer's free GuagePro. This will let you know whether everything on your computer is working correctly or not - RAM, CPU and so on. I'm assuming that you are fairly new to the Mac, or to computers. If this is not the case, I apologize for stating the obvious. Yours sincerely, John Davis ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> XRouter | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Now $199.99 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH120.html> PowerBook Guy is | Click here! Everything PowerBook! | http://www.powerbookguy.com Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ MacResQ Reader Specials: 2.5GB Seagate SCSI: $119, 4GB IBM SCSI: $199, Norton Util. 4.0: $29, Mac Parts, Systems & Repairs <http://www.macresq.com>
