>I've heard of all sorts of random conflicts and odd things under 8.5+ >with SD8. On the other hand, I've mostly heard that its advantages were >largely incorporated into the OS by 8.5. SD 1.x was brilliant on System >7.1, makes it run much like 8.1 (multithreaded finder, etc) and such. >I'm not entirely sure of it's use on more than 8.1 or so though. Victoria,
I even run it on Wallstreet/Lombard when booting into 8.6. No conflicts. Ensure you're at version 8.1.2, as 8.0 and 8.0.1 were very buggy. It's possible that if you ran, say, QuicKeys or some obscure extension, it may conflict, but I've never encountered any using it on a _lot_ of Macs. Connectix build good software (no affil.). I even paid the full $69 price when it came out, and now it see it for $1 :-( On this topic, there is no question that SD 8 doubles and in some cases 3x the performance of the Finder and app launching on the 5300 and 1400. Try, for e.g., a Word 5.1 or 98 launch with and w/out SD 8 on. The difference is dramatic. Try opening a Finder window with a large # of files and folders. Again, the window drawing acceleration is dramatically better. My 5300/100 was unbearable w/out SD and dealers evan began packaging SD with the 5300s and 1400/117s for free. I bought it straight after my 5300 purchase. 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
