You can turn off a lot of extensions but it is hard to say what, without seeing your Mac and knowing what you do with it. If you are running OS 8x or 9x the 8500/300 sould be quite snappy. If you are running X it will be a bit slow.
Roger Kevin Willis wrote: > I have a 8500 with a NewerTech G3 300 running at 336 Mhz. It has 304 > megs of RAM and a ATI Xclaim 8Mb video card. > I mostly use it for e-mail and internet. What can I do to squeeze a > little more speed out of it? > Are there extensions I can turn off to speed it up? Is there a > "defragmenting" utility that can be run? > I thought I read that there is a memory test that can be turned off? > Would that speed things up? > > > -- 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
