How much RAM is on that 5300? I found 8.1 to be sluggish with 24 megs, but when I bumped the machine up to 40 and replaced the slow stock HD with a faster one, OS 8.1 suddenly became more responsive than any version of System 7 I'd tried. Not to mention it is far more stable.
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