John Perry writes of his 190cs, <OS is 7.5.2. I've downloaded the files to update it to 7.6.1, but the screen went out before I could do the update. Actually, I also downloaded the OS8 files before I ran across the fact that I need to buy some intermediate OS stuff. Now, I have to decide whether to go for a 5300 upgrade now, or just stick with 7.x.>
Presuming that the only difference between a 190 (I still have mine, although I've just retired it in favor of a 5300c and keep it safely in a drawer now in case I somehow end up needing a backup laptop) and a 190cs is a color screen which my 190 doesn't have but a190cs does -- The highest OS you can run on a 190 or 190cs would be OS 8.1. I guess whether or not you'd want to do that would probably depend not only on what you want to be able to do (i.e., things that absolutely necessitate the higher OS?), but also on how much RAM you have, and if you don't have much, if you're willing and able to buy and install extra RAM in your PB. My own 190 had only 8 megs of RAM, though I did put RAMDoubler 2 on it. It had come with OS 7.5.2 on it, but I eventually upgraded it to 7.5.5. I had access to a set of install floppies for 7.6 but the install never took. But, 7.5.5 turned out to be good enough, since 7.5.5 allowed me to do everything I wanted to be able to do (word processing offline, and going online to do email, AIM/IRC chat and get on the web). Now since you're thinking about a 5300 upgrade, I'd just like to mention that I didn't buy my 5300c because I felt limited by my 190. I think the 190 is a wonderful little Mac. In my case, the 190's power supply died. Absolutely nothing else had gone wrong with my 190, just the power supply. I couldn't get wall juice into the thing. Preliminary research indicated that it would cost approximately the same amount of money ($20 more or less) to replace the dead power supply as it would cost to buy a 5300. Quite frankly, it was my boyfriend who said if I was going to spend the money at all, I might as well upgrade from a 68K to a PPC, especially one with a color screen, and since I already had batteries which would fit a 5300, thanks to my 190, the 5300 made sense. So I bought the 5300c. It cost me only ten bucks more to buy the 5300c -- which came with a power supply also compatible with the 190 -- than it would've cost to just buy a power supply for the 190. Yes, I've already fallen in love with my new 5300c, but had the 190's power supply not died, I wouldn't have even thought to buy another Powerbook. I liked my 190 that much. As to the OS thing, my 5300c came with OS 8.5 on it. I think the 5300c can run OS 9.x, but quite honestly, I'm happy with the 8.5, even though I'm running 9.1 on my G3 (the "main computer"). Just some thoughts from one who just went from a 190 to a 5300.... ~Yersinia. -- 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
