Depends on how much RAM you have in it. If you're at 32 megs or higher, definitely OS 8.1. The 5300 is far more stable under it than any version of 7.x.x, or at least it has been to me. The key to speed under OS 8 is to turn off any extensions you don't need. It was a real slug under 8.1 when I installed, but after putting on Speed Doubler and turning off the extensions, it runs in about 8 MB of RAM and once it boots, feels more responsive than under any version of 7.
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