Mike T. wrote: > . My question is, > what is the preferred OS for this machine? I have 7.6 on disk and I like it > on the CC, but I hear that 8.1 or 8.6 is the more "modern" os with HFS+ (not > sure what that means).
Either 8.1 or 8.6 would be excellent choices with this machine. HFS+ is a huge advantage: chopped down to the bare essentials, an explanation of HFS is that small files take up far less room, so you fill up your hard drive much slower than with HFS. The larger the disk the more space savings you will get. On a HFS disk 1GB in size a simpletext document containing just 'Hello World' will take up 32K or more of disk space for just a few hundred bytes of content. On an HFS+ disk this file will take up much less space. I just created a document like that one on my PB540 (500 mb HFS disk). The file has 345 bytes of content and is 11K on disk, When I move that to another Mac (6GB disk with HFS+) it is 8K on disk. This doesn't sound like much, but on an HFS disk that size it would likely be 64K or more. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:pci-powermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
