I have a PB1400/133/64MB that has OS 8.6 because it suits the PB best. OS 9.1 would give me more choices in software but it's not worth bogging down the PB to do it. And OS 8.6 is much more stable than OS 9xx is anyway. Higher numbers are not always better.
just my .02 worth. -- Ron
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I put OS 9.1 on my 1400 166 MHz 40 MB RAM because I couldn't find my 8.5 install disk at the time. I needed to reinstall something as the headers got messed up from the previous owner . It had 8.6 on it then. But errors frequently occured when booting.
Photoshop 5 is limited by RAM but fast enough if you are patient. My desktops were in storage at the time and I needed the frames for class.
Word is not slowed appreciably . iTunes does not stutter much. Especially if the visuals are left off.
I ran 8.6 for a long time. 9.1 seems more stable on PCI desktops to me.
I like 8.6 very much but like the features of 9.1 and think they are worth the increased RAM overhead. At least for a 604. Perhaps not on a 603 like the 1400. I'll decide when i get more RAM.
YMMV as gwd said earlier. -- Adrian
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