>Listers >The discussion on speeding up the 5300 referred. >This have been a quest of mine ever since I got my hands on one 2 years ago. >I have't followed the thread, but from the last posting it seems >SpeedDoubler only doubles the copy speed. I'm using CPU Doubler, but does >not really notice any speed increases. There might be an increase in copy >speed, but since the floppy's demise... > >The Q.s: > >1 Is this the only options to speed up the 5300? >I suppose the answer will have to take into account the s/w used, including >the OS version. > >2 Is there an 'optimum' OS for the 5300? A suggestion was 8.5. > >3 What do you 'loose' ito. functionality (and gain ito. speed) with, say, >8.1? > >If this is a repeat of aleardy well trodded ground, can you refer me to an >archive or someting. As before, I recommend SpeedDoubler - there is hard, empirical evidence done by myself and Paul Fuchs at c.s.m.p. that in most cases it 2x the speed of operations and 3x in some cases. Try, for e.g., a launch of Word 5.1 or 98 w/ and w/o SD 8. Or a print preview in Word - or scrolling (highly CPU intensive). The proof is in the pudding.
I agree with Charles Moore that 8.1 is probably the best compromise on a 5300; it's not quite as fast as 7.6.1, but more stable and gives access to HFS+ disks. I used to keep an 8.6 partition on my 5300 for apps which specifically needed 8.6 or later. Although QD went native in 8.6, the graphics performance is so sluggish with the 5300, that it taxes the CPU, leading to even more slowdown in 8.5 or later. 8.1, for e.g, won't run Toast 5, but you probably aren't burning on a 5300. Toast 4.1.2 runs on 8.1 though. I'd also probably recommend QT 4 on low-end machines - it works better on my 8100/100 than QT 5 (and I somehow feel QT 4 is a more mature product). BTW, you can access my 5300 page at <http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/seagate/536/index.html> [n.b. macpowerbook.com no longer works - all the stuff is there at the link above, so if you're interested in my ancient ramblings about last century's PowerBooks, update your bookmarks. But Fortunecity.com, who're going broke, truth be known, cancelled -without telling me - the domain they bought me ["for life!"] and it's available now. I may move the whole archive over to Mac.com or some other free page if I ever get the time. Damn dot com implosion. <Rant on> In stopping movie uploads, they also decided PDFs (!?!?!?) were also unacceptable and dumped all those from my site (and refuse the uploads) _without_ telling me <rant off> Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac <http://www.insanely-great.com> mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> RD's PowerBook page: <http://www.macpowerbook.com> -- 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> --> 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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
