If the pauses are new, your hard drive may need defragging. Norton has SpeedDisk, which is a defragging program in Norton Utilities. It would require starting from the Norton CD. (Start the 1400 and hold down the option, command, shift and delete keys together until the CD drive starts to mount.)
David Allen John Smith wrote: > On 8/6/03 7:15 PM, "David Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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 have 64 Meg, and I don't use Virtual Memory... I thought about upgrading > to 9.1 (I have it on CD), but seeing what it did performance-wise to a > 7200/120, I am reluctant. I'll deal with it for a little longer, I used to > have 8.6 on this machine, and don't remember the pauses being this annoying, > so maybe it will go away after a little while (I know, wishful thinking :-) > > -- > John -- 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
