Donald, with that RAM it's worth giving 10.2 a shot now, I'm running 10.2 on a bog-standard G3 233 and it's surprisingly useable..
On Friday, Jan 31, 2003, at 16:45 Europe/London, Donald Parsons wrote: > In my experience with a beige G3 DT 300mhz with 512 RAM, OS 9.1 has > been > much more stable than 8.5, but I didn't go through the intermediate > stage > of 8.6 to know. I haven't gone more recent than 9.1, so have no > experience with that area. When I go to a G4 processor I plan to try > 10.2, hopefully with good results. > Best of Luck > Don > > Frank Dutra wrote: > >> At 8:43 PM -0500 1/30/03, G-List wrote: >>> I had problems going from 9.0.4 to 9.1 on my beige DT. One of the >>> things lost was the software package for my scanner. Fortunately the >>> TWAIN part of it still worked. It did not function in the partition I >>> upgraded to 9.2. If you are only running 9 there is no earthly >>> reason >>> I know of to upgrade past 9.0.4, the last bug fix. After that the >>> upgrades just made it run better as classic inside OS X. You do not >>> gain anything in 9.1 or 9.2 except maybe to be able to run Appleworks >>> 6. No speed or stability improvements. Just my 2 cents. >> >> I've been wondering the same thing running a G4 450 DP (Gig >> ethernet). The only thing I seem to have gained from upgrading OS 9 >> is problems, particularly to 9.2.2. Anyone know if there is any >> reason for a confirmed X-phobe to upgrade? >> >> Frank > > > -- > G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives > | > -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! > | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
