>But still curious why you do prefer 7.5.5 . Even on my 50mhz Quadra with 136mb of RAM 8.1 seems god aweful slow to me.
I prefer system 7.5.5 for many reasons: 1: Its free. 2: It feels the fastest. 3: It gets the highest scores in Speedometer (even compared to 7.1) 4: Its free. 5: None of my 68k software requires anything later than 7.5, and since 7.5.5 seems to be the fastest OS possible, why go any higher? So I can have the platinum look? Bah! For the birds. The speed stuff makes logical sense too if you think about it. When system 7.5.5 was released, Apple was still manufacturing the PowerBook 190. That means Apple was on the spot to make the 68k PowerBooks that were still pretty expensive to seem as fast as possible. They were probably still developing ways for system 7 to run faster and faster on 68k macs, even more so than 7.1. But by the time 7.6ish and 8 rolled around the 68ks were gone and apple could finally take a load off, so to speak, and not spend so much effort worrying about 68k optimization. The above is just something I thought up one day to maybe shed light as to why 7.5.5 always is faster than 7.1 but a lot slower than 8, at least on my machines. -- 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
