> I've been looking at some older Macs with older operating systems, and these > leaner meaner things seem to work much faster than OS 8.6 does on my stock > 133mHz PB 1400c.
Myself, I preferred 8.1 on my 1400 when it was still a 117MHz 603. When I upgraded it to a G3/333, because of the historical problems with 8.6 and 1400 G3 upgrades listed on the xlr8yourmac page, I just went straight to 9.1 and it's very nice. I have to have VM turned on, but it's still good. > All the dynamic memory software is slow, too. Click a button and _wait_ for > something to happen. Sometimes even the delete key bogs down. > I have shut off all the extensions I can live without. I use OS 8.6 because > it's really the oldest OS that will still run most modern software, like > Explorer 5.1, PhotoShop 6.0, etc. > I'm wondering if I'm the only one with this problem. What say ye? This sounds like a malfunction or something corrupted. Have you zapped PRAM or rebuilt the desktop? Alternatively, you might consider renaming your 8.6 system folder so you have a backup, and 'clean install' a new OS 8.6 or 8.1 onto that hard disk and see if the problem persists. If it does, I strongly suspect that software is not to blame. -- ----------------------------- personal page: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ -- Cameron Kaiser, Point Loma Nazarene University * [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- I may have invented CtrlAltDel, but Microsoft made it popular. -- D. Bradley -- 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
