By all means upgrade to 8.6 This is easily the most stable system I have 
ever owned, even after upgrading to a vimage320

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>Then when I put in 8.5 all hell let loose. After months of screwing 
>around, I took it to the Apple Service center in Sapporo and they were 
>fabulous. They replaced the CPU/logic board and thereafter there has been 
>no problem whatsoever. It freezes up sometimes, but that is only when I 
>do something risky. Kaleidoscope can crash it. Some older extensions and 
>so on do too. 
>
>The problem WAS hardware. There is no doubt about it. My own opinion is 
>that 8.0 and 8.1, because they had to run on a variety of models, PPC and 
>040 chips, were "kinder" systems than 8.5. In a sense, you could say 8.5 
>is more honest. It certainly lets you know if there is a hardware problem.
>
>Yours sincerely,
>
>John Davis 

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