Well have my eyes been opened today. After installing system 7.1.1 (7.1 Pro) I booted up to find a Quadra that theoretically should be much much faster than the same with 7.5.5 installed.
I was curious to see if Speedometer 4.0 would find any differences of the 7.1.1 install. I thought to myself it shouldnt, and probably wouldnt, but just maybe 7.1.1 would be a bit faster. What the heck? System 7.1.1 proved to be not just slower, but significantly slower in several key areas, the biggest being disk access. Speedometer reported that disk access records were 143% in favor of 7.5.5. How could this be true? Similarly low scores were apparent in video, and math operations. And I didn't belive it. I ran the same tests a half dozne times. Same results, even restarted once to make sure. And even more surprising, the 7.5.5 install has a ton of extensions and other crap that didnt originally come with the OS. And it was STILL faster!?!?!? How could light and fluffy 7.1.1 be slower than huge megalomith 7.5.5? Well I for one, am certainly NOT downgrading to 7.1. I now belive 7.5.5 is the prime OS for Quadras. -- Quadlist 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> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> 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/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
