I run 8.6 on a 1400/133, it is a snappy little system, although I would prefer it use a little less memory for the system, it is up to about 20 MB. I agree, a G3 would be great, but that would mean paying more for an upgrade card than I did for the whole machine, which is a little overboard, considering it runs what it needs to (Office 98) well. :-)
I think the choice of operating system will change from person to person. If you want features over speed go for 9.x if you want speed over features go for 6.0.8 (just kidding :-)). In general, the older the OS, the faster. A good compromise for me is 8.6, but then again, I have a jaguar machine I use as a desktop, so I don't need the features 9 might offer. 8.6 has everything I'd want, like command-tab application switching, contextual menus, HFS+ support, and most 3rd party peripherals seem to want 8.6 as a minimum os. On 20/1/03 12:19 PM, "Garry Hamblin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I run 9.1 on my 1400/166 64M ram, and it is seriously slow. Like OS 8.1 > on an LC475 slow. I appreciate the features though so I keep it as the > OS on this machine. I have tried 7.53 and 8.1 as well and the best > compromise between performance and stability seemed to be OS 8.1. Don't > have a copy of 8.5/8.6 to test, but it would be interesting to do so. > One of these days I will run across a deal on a Sonnet 466 and then all > will be right with the world......... > > > On Sunday, January 19, 2003, at 07:09 PM, Dan K wrote: > >> On 1/19/03 Victoria wrote: >>> on 1/18/03 3:10 PM, Andrew Kershaw at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>>> I run 8.6 on a 5300cs and a 5300ce, mostly because I can. OS 9 was >>>> just too much of a pooch for my tastes. >>> >>> Drew -- how much RAM do you have on these 5300s? I've only got 32MB >>> on mine >>> (two attempts to max it out have ended in complete failure, though by >>> some >>> miracle without costing any money), and have heard that 8.6 requires 48 >>> minimum. It's got 8.5 on there now, but the idea of upgrading has some >>> appeal, primarily because 8.6 runs my rock stable 7600, and its >>> predictable >>> (not to say phlegmatic) habits are in marked contrast to those of the >>> 5300, >>> which keeps dreaming up new flakinesses to entertain me with. This is >>> even >>> after (especially after) a recent clean system reinstall. Is there a >>> reasonable chance that 8.6 would help it settle down, and if so could >>> it get >>> by with so little memory? >> >> If you have OS 9.1 available, why not try that? Just today I was testing >> a 3400 with only the 16MBs onboard and 9.1 booted and ran fine with a >> full extension set, but a fast HD does help keep the VM from bogging >> down >> the PB. >> >> > Garry Hamblin > Saskatoon, SK > iMac Indigo 500 on OS X....yeah baby! > -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
