Nathan asked: >? Would it help if I updated the os? I have a 167mhz PPC upgrade > card coming for the 540c, so I should be able install atleast 9.0 onto > it.... to which Gerald replied: >Weve just been on the route youre taking. Dont use 9.0 as its very slow. 8.6 >is MUCH much better but you will need some non-mac software to get it to >accept anything over 8.1. My experience with 9.1 on my 167mhz PBs 500 has been quite positive. However I think the key to using 9.1 on such older 'Books is to have maxed RAM _and_ a newer, faster HD. For example, one of my 167s currently has an original 800mb scsi HD and 40MBs RAM and it's a bit pokey for many things. However the other has the same spec except it's got a 30 gigger and it feels much snappier, much more responsive. You needn't use so large a drive of course, most any modern drive of 6 or 8GBs or so will be plenty fast enough for such older 'Books.
Is it as responsive as sys7? Well no, but all the other things it can do easily make up for that. Just remember that 9.1 has the most native PPC code of any MacOS you can use, more than any OS7 or OS8 for sure. Same goes for my experience with 9.1 on all the other nubus PPC PBs, lots of RAM and bigger, _faster_ HD = a very usable PB. I know the sys7 vs. sys8 vs. sys9 on-older-PBs thing is a contentious subject here, so I just want to reiterate that this is _my_ experience, YMMV. see my page here BTW: <http://members.aol.com/dankephoto/ppc_upgrade/> Dan K (sorry, I couldn't help poking my nose into this thread :-) ................................. http://macdan.n3.net/ carracho://dankephoto.dhs.org:9700 hotline://dankephoto.dhs.org:9500 ................................. -- 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
