On Sunday, April 7, 2002, at 07:46 PM, JEZMO wrote:
> So my vote is Mac OS 7.5.5 on pre-68040 models, 8.1 on 68040 and
> PowerPC
> machines, and either 8.1 or 8.5.1 on Power Macs and Maclones.
From my testing (on an LCIII) I have found OS 7.5.5 too sluggish on
030s. It's pure crap on a crutch on anything slower. I still strongly
advocate 7.1 for 030 or earlier. I have to ask if you have any 020 or
000 machines? If so give it a try but don't come cryin' to me when it
takes 5 mins to do a 5 second operation (I think 7.5.5 will run on a
Classic and an SE BTW). 8.1 is too much if you either have less that 8MB
of RAM or you have a 25MHz or slower 040. Unless you need HFS+ or
specifically need 8.1 for anything else, like an ISP, then 7.6.1 is
still your best bet IMHO, YMMV. It depends what you are willing to put
up with.
> 68040-based Macs should use Mac OS 7.6.1 (unless 7.6 is unavailable, in
> which case they should run 7.5.5).
This I agree with.
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