>Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 16:10:28 -0700
>From: Andrew Kershaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Best OS for a 5300cs
>
>I run 8.6 on a 5300cs and a 5300ce, mostly because I can. OS 9 was
>just too much of a pooch for my tastes. But I think that the _best_
>OS for the 5300 series is probably either 7.6.1 or 8.1. If you need
>more modern features, 8.1 might give you some of those. If all you
>care about is the nice platinum eye-candy in OS 8.x, you can install
>7.6.1 and the Appearance Control panel and extensions for OS 8.1.
>Drew
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>From: "John Cate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Best OS for a 5300cs
>Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 10:51:52 -0500
>
>Depends on how much RAM you have in it. If you're at 32 megs or higher,
>definitely OS 8.1. The 5300 is far more stable under it than any version of
>7.x.x, or at least it has been to me. The key to speed under OS 8 is to turn
>off any extensions you don't need. It was a real slug under 8.1 when I
>installed, but after putting on Speed Doubler and turning off the
>extensions, it runs in about 8 MB of RAM and once it boots, feels more
>responsive than under any version of 7.
>Don't even consider 8.6 or 9.1 unless you have maxed out the RAM, or very
>close to it.
>------------------------------
Greetings:
I don't know exactly how to look for this, but is there some
kind of Mac OS Performance Scale listing out there to see how
fast/efficient 8.1 might be over 7.6.1.? It must be an awfully small
performance difference by my experience. The prime reason I have 8.1
running on my 190cs is because it's the closet to the nifty features
of OS 9 I can have? John's idea of pruning extensions is a great idea
and I wonder what's the rock-bottom minimum extensions required by
8.1?
Jim
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