Tom Rymes wrote:
> I still recommend 8.1 for
> 2300 users due to the increased PowerPC native code in the finder. If
> someone has some reference which disproves this theory, let me know. So,
> basically, I wanted to say that it isn't necessarily faster to run 7.5.5 on
> a 2300, especially if you can pare down 8.1.
As soon as 7.6 came out Apple started boasting in its ads that it ran faster
than 7.5.x. Then when 8.0 came out it started boasting the that it ran
faster than 7.6. MacWorld magazine ran real world tests using real world
applications and found there was a slight slowdown with each system "upgrade"
and this included the Power PC's
Likewise when PowerPC's first came out around 1994 MacWorld ran real
world tests using real world applications and found the PowerPC machines
were no faster than a lowly IIci or LC III when running non-native
applications like Word 5.1 or Pagemaker 5 and SLOWER than Quadra's.
Paul Cherubini
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