At 1:03 PM -0400 on 9/10/03, Jeffrey J. Nonken wrote: > >On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 08:27:55 -0400, Jim Pendarvis wrote: >>All of the systems I work with have between 16 and 32Mb of ram. The >>one at >>home has 24Mb. They are all running OS7.6.1 and that has proven to be >>pretty stable. My son wanted to try a game that required 8.1 on the >>system >>at home and I tried it there. Big mistake. I think it had to rely >>too much >>on virtual memory and I went back to 7.6.1. With more physical >>memory, I'm >>sure it would have done better. > >JFTR, mine seems to have 74 mb (according my profiler >http://jnork.nonken.net/mymac/profiler.htm -- 72 meg seems more likely, >though) and seems reasonably fast using 8.1. It is a 5400/200, though, not >a /120. > >----- >Jeffrey J. Nonken >http://jnork.nonken.net/
I'm sure the memory makes a big difference. When I had 8.1 installed, I would try to do something and I could hear the hard drive go on for several minutes before it would happen. Then you try something else and it was back to the hard drive. We also have a couple of 5500/225 (32Mb) and 8.1 runs very well on those systems. jim -- 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
