At 09:20 AM -0500 03/25/2003, Linda Hutcheson wrote: >I'm going to rebuild the hard drives on a 6500 and a 7100. The 6500 >has 128MB of >RAM and will be used by the kids for games and homework, no internet >connection. >The 7100 has 128MB of Ram and is for my sister who wants to surf the web, and >maybe do a little paperwork, ie MSWord. > >Should I use OS 8.6 or can I upgrade to 9.1?
As much as I like 8.6, I'm beginning to advocate 9.1 more often. 8.6 is nice and stable and fast. But an awful lot of new softwares, and software updates, now require at least OS 9.1. 9.1 is a tad more stable than 8.6, IF it's given a lot of memory (>64MB). Carpe DIMM! You can never have too much memory! :) And I've found its performance, even on older Macs, to be decent - on par with 8.6's. One case in point: AOL Instant Messenger. The last release that runs on OS 8 was in April of 2001 (vers 4.3.1232). It contains a number of stability bugs, memory leaks, and corrupts your system fonts after transferring files under OS 8.x. The only "fix" is in later versions - which require OS 9. FWIW, - Dan. -- 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
