>No wonder ... > >I bit the bullet and bought 8.5 on the LEM Swaplist (for about $30), then >updated to 8.6 so I could add a USB/Firewire combo card to my PM 6500. The >main complaint I have about it is that it boots sooooooooo slooooooooow, >even though I disabled as many extensions as I could. On the other hand it >so stable it just about never crashes! On the other hand I've kept the >1400/166 on 8.1 despite the chatter I've seen here from people who swear by >8.6. I figure, what's the rush ... ? Yeah, I never thought the 603e did a very good job of running 8.5/.6, as the more native code (54% in 8.5) likes a heap of RAM cache as well as L2 cache. Although I do have a slim version of 9.1 on my 601 8100/100 and it's not at all bad for doing 9.1-type things.
The 6500s weren't a bad design at all, and a 300 or so MHz G3, if found at the right price, can make these pretty good. Of course, with Beige G3 MT and DTs going for very little these days, the upgrade is almost certainly uneconomic. At least on the G3, though, you can run 9.2.2 (9.2.1 offered a considerable speed boost). I'd also keep the 1400 on 8.1, although you could make an 8.6 partition (or 9.1) if you wanted to run iTunes, for instance. True, 8.5 does have PPC native QD, but the 1400 video subsystem just can't take enough advantage of it - the 1400's Archille's heel. 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
