On 11/4/2011 9:32 AM, Chuck Bush wrote:
On 11/3/11 8:35 PM, "Clark Martin"<[email protected]> wrote:
I can't think of one system I have that runs on the shipped OS. First off,
that's the one that has all the bugs in it for that machine. Second, one of
the great things about Macs is that Apple keeps supporting them down the road
so you can use a more up to date system on them.
I know there is a very strong "Must Upgrade" feeling out there. That's why
Apple and Microsoft as well as software manufactures get away with doing it
so often.
Maybe sometimes the original shipped OS isn't the best, but in my book the
closest OS to that one that does work is the best. Uses less resources, and
it runs the apps they way they were created to run.
Just my opinion (and what works for me).
Over the years I've found a "sweet spot" OS goes by generation. Pre-'030
gets 7.1, slow 68040 gets 7.5.5, fast 68040 with a big HD gets 8.1 (for
HFS+ support mainly). That said, I still tend to run 7.1 on just about
everything that runs it - it's smaller than 7.5.5, faster, and still
runs 99% of everything that claims to need 7.5.5 or newer. Even runs
Open Transport and the Appearance Extension for that Platinum look. I've
also found that RAM probably has more to do with system speed than just
about anything else - if you're into VM at all, you've already lost.
There's some place for System 6.0.8 too, but I tend to use internetty
apps that don't like it.
On a PowerPC I don't think I'd want to run less than 8.1 just for much
improved error handling and PPC code.
One of my kind of silly hobbies is trying to run the oldest OS that'll
run on a box, and newest OS that'll run even if it's not supposed to.
Usually it works better than you'd expect. This leads to things like
Windows 3.1 with working network support on a Core 2 Duo laptop, MacOS
8.1 on a stock IIci, Windows XP on a Pentium 233, Windows 7 on a P2
laptop, etc. You often end up learning a lot about the guts of the
system in the process.
Scott
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