Charles Lincoln said: >> Mary Lou James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (11/08/2002 6:22 PM): > >>I have been trying to get the courage to move from 8.1 to 8.6 but the >>more I hear about its problems, I am reluctant to do so. > >Mary Lou - Just an FYI. I've found 8.6 a worthwhile upgrade despite a >speed hit and memory constraints (Duo 2300 - 603e @ 100mHz; 24MB RAM + >RamDoubler). Nothing significant stands out, but many little things >enhance usability. I didn't even know of the font corruption issue when >I updated. From my pool of experience from many customers machines as well as my own, let me recommend and sing the praise of the following Mac OS versions, that have served me well with no more than one crash a week with 24/7 uptime (except for Powerbooks that have more sporadic uptime). Naturally, this was after I updated the applications in use to compatible versions (a lot of Macfixit and user group reading).
I recommend these Mac OS versions: 7.6.1 for Macs with less than 20 MB RAM 8.1 for Macs with little RAM (less than 20-32 MB), including 68k Macs 8.6 for Macs with less than 128 MB RAM 9.1 and 9.2.2 for Macs with more than 128 MB RAM. 9.2.2 *only*, for use with OS X 10.x X 10.2.1 for G3/G4 Macs with more than 384 MB RAM (192-256 *may* be acceptable for lightweight use). OS 9 speed is usually the same on the same machine, provided you have sufficient RAM. OS X speed seem to be affected by many parameters, RAM seemingly the most important. Really old machines with less than 12 MB isn't part of my recommendation as I think I'v forgotten now how they worked for me.... ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
