I wouldn't even think of running any 7.xx versions on it unless I just had a very small amount of RAM installed. They're all buggy and written almost entirely in 680x0 code, which just makes it dog-slow on the cacheless 100 MHz 603e installed in a standard 5300. If you have about 24 MB or more, you can run 8.1 on it, and I feel that's the best OS for a 5300. If you need the features of 8.6, you can get by with it, but it will slow you down quite a bit.
Don't even think about OS 9. It takes forever to load and will use up way too much RAM. I've had the best results with installing 8.1 and then turning off all the extensions I didn't need. It takes up about 11 MB of RAM; doesn't boot very fast but performance is acceptable once you get it going. It's much better since I upgraded the slow IBM hard disk last week. -- 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
