In a message dated 10/3/01 04:06:14 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>I bought a 4 G hard drive and the former owner left on it a clean install >of system 9.1, which booted fine on the 5300. I had it installed in a >powerbook 5300ce (active matrix screen, 117mz, 64 mb ram). The 5300ce >needs to log into a NT server, a Citrix metaframe, run Office 98, DAVE >and/or an old version of Virtual PC (however slowly) > >a) My question is, should I leave on 9.1 for the networking capability, >or >is it far too demanding of the 5300? >b) Or, is system 8.6 better for these requirements? (I do not want to run >a >system older than this) >c) Since I would be running at least system 8.6, is Speed Doubler 8 helpful >since there is PPC code in this system? Hi, I found that 9.1 took up a quite a bit of the RAM, and IMHO that for the few feature that it offered over 8.6 was not worth it. I had a 5300ce/ 64Mb/ Office 98 for Mac, on a small Mac-only LAN. I could not perceive any gains with Speed Doubler, but other swear by it. Since you are maxed on RAM, you might look into using CompactFlash for more memory. Especially since their prices have fallen, atleast here in the US. I have no experience with them but others on this list, IIRC, have. Brent -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> 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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
