Cheers for the advice, I'll try 8.6 on the other disk :) --- Sque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stan wrote: > > > So you are saying 8.6 would perform better than > 8.1 in > > general? > > > > It has 80mb ram, 2mb vram, 1.1gb and 2gb hard > disks > > and a miro video capture card. > > 8.6 runs better than 8.1 on any ppc mac I've tried > it on. > The first optimized OS for ppc's, no 68k code. > 8.1 is ok, has a small resource drain but is a > mish-mash of 68k-ppc code which > runs slower on the lowend ppc macs I have here. > > 8.6 requires a little more memory, not much compared > to 9.x whill still has many > of the functions of 9. > > If you can "try" 8.5/8.6 some how without buying the > cd then a clean install of > the OS onto the second drive to trail its use would > be best, personal taste will > make one OS better over the other. > > I didn't notice the (OT) in the subject line. > Frankly, I don't mind a little OT > about any mac. > > Cheers > > > > > -- > Quadlist 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> > > Quadlist info: > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.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/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
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