Cameron Kaiser wrote: >>My IIci runs 7.1 and I too was thinking about upgrading. I plan to keep >>7.1 installed and use the OS chooser utility to switch between them. > > > Why upgrade at all? Most of the control panels and fun extensions in 7.5 > work just fine in 7.1, including Open Transport, WindowShade, Apple Menu > Items, Drag'n'Drop, Thread Manager, CFM-68K Runtime ... you name it. Even > Appearance Manager seems happy with this, getting you to something almost > like 8.1 but with a much smaller, sleeker kernel.
If that's the only effective difference, I'll probably try it then. In the past I had bad luck with things like that, but my Mac use was pretty limited so I never played around much. Was there never a 7.5/7.6 (or later) optimized for the 68K CPUs? -- Vintage Macs 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> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:vintage.macs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
