How much RAM do you have? 8.6 needs much more than 8.1. ( 32 or 48 vs 16? Anyone remember exactly how much 8.6 likes vs what the docs say it requires?) I ran 8.6 smoothly on 1400/117s with 64 Meg of RAM (VM off) before upgrading the 117s to G3 CPUs. 9.1 was slow on the 117s, but great with G3 upgrades and at least 48 Meg of RAM. (I still have to use VM or I have memory problems with 9.1 and 64 Meg of RAM, but the G3s handle 9.1 with VM on fairly well.)
If you are using VM, how much room is available on your hard drive? Too little room slows VM down quite a bit. The more free space available on a hard drive, the faster VM seems to work. The space reserved by VM is the minimum it needs, but it probably has to search the drive for that space when needed. An almost empty drive accesses easier and faster than a full one. it isn't very noticeable until you compare it to RAM speeds. David Allen John Smith wrote: > Haha, yeah, I was :). I've since realised that buying the cheap card and > then the driver for it would be the same as just getting a card that works > from the start. So, obviously, I did that. Avaya Wireless Gold card > (Basically a re-badged Orinoco card) > > Works, but I had to upgrade to 8.6 to install it. I don't think the 1400 > likes that very much, I regularly get a 'pause' effect - Nothing works > (except mouse movement) for maybe 30 seconds, then a flurry of disk activity > and off we go again. Doesn't seem to be a pattern to it, other than it > happened last time I ran 8.6 on it as well. I'll see if I can download some > older drivers for the card, then backdate the OS to 8.1, which worked much > better. > > A pity really, I like the colours of 8.6 better... -- 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
