on 9/20/02 8:19 PM, Ken Norris (dialup) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > on 9/20/02 12:19 PM, (PowerBooks) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 17:38:18 +0200 >> Subject: Re: 1400 OS >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl Gerlach) >> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Despite Jobs' death bell for anything lower than 10.2, 8.6 is still a >> current system. Most software available today requires it as a minimum. >> >> I ran 8.0, then 8.5/6 on 48 MB for years. Even with a processor upgrade (now >> cheaper on eBay than they used to be), you take a significant speed and RAM >> hit with 9.1. The ideal 1400 for me is one with 8.6 and the full 64MB. > ---------- > I have a 1400c with the original 133mhz 603e processer, 48mb RAM. OS 8.6 > seems to run slowly on it. I use it mostly for email and writing HC > programs. > Do you think 8.1 will pick up speed? Or is it more viable to keep 8.6? > Ken N.
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