>Hi, I bought my 6500/275 96RAM recently, it came with all the manuals >and original Apple Disks. The pre-owner had System 9.1 installed. Must >say that I liked the experience with 9. I partitioned the HD and put a >System 9.1 on one partition and a System 8.6 on anothe one. Truly, I >can't tell the difference apart that System 8.6 takes around 6 megs less >in memory. I read some horror stories concerning System 9.1 on such a >machine, it scares me. What are the true advantages of running System 9 >compared to System 8.6 on a 6500?
I had a 6500 for a year or two til I maxed it out and got bored with it. 8.6 does just fine on a 6500. If you do the usb 1.4.1 update its just as good for usb. I can't remember what program it was that I bought.... perhaps it was a game... but that was the only reason I had to go to 9.1. As far as I'm concerned either do 8.6 or make the jump to Jaguar... which of course unless XPostfacto has been updated since I last checked you can't put on a 6500 so 8.6 is your best bet.. it runs a bit quicker on a 6500 than 9.1. Best thing I found to speed up a 6500 was popping a Voodoo 3 in it to speed up the 2D graphics.... oh and maxing the RAM of course. Matt current stable of Macs.... 7300 G3/450 1M 10.2.3 Bondi iMac G3/233 10.2.2 iBook G3/800 10.2.3 -- 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:[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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
