Truthfully, OS 7.6.1 was (and is) an excellent OS.
Subsequent OSes introduced some features (i.e., gadgets). But many of them
are available to 7.6.1 via add-on utilities.
At work, 8.5.1 proved a real system freezer on B&W and iMac G3s until we
upgraded to 8.6 (plus did the Apple-model hardware firmware updates). Then,
8.6 settled down.
I'll also offer this entirely unscientific, non-engineering and totally
un-provable observation: Many Macs (especially when in a herd, i.e.,
networked), when taken to a new OS, exhibit instability (neuroses) that only
time and TLC will resolve.
I'm confident this will put an end to OS debates. :-)
--Chuck
on 8/19/01 5:56 PM, David Freels at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Question: Is 8.1 analogous to 7.5.3 in that it took Apple until 7.6.1 to
> work out the System 7 bugs and perhaps until 8.6 to work out the System 8
> bugs?
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