what version of mac os should i use? (8)

1 Name: 4n0n4ym0u5 h4xx0r : 2006-09-27 14:30 ID:Heaven

i was recently given a power macintosh 4400/200 with system 7.5.3 on it. i have install cds for mac os 8.6 and 9.1.
should i stick with 7.5.3 or upgrade to 8.6 or 9.1?

2 Name: Albright!LC/IWhc3yc : 2006-09-27 20:26 ID:By8H3kgc

That machine is plenty capable of running 9.1. Go for it.

If you're up for it, though, I'd consider running a lightweight yet more modern OS -- not a whole lot of new software is coming out for OS 9 nowadays. It appears that http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/ will run on your hardware.

3 Name: 4n0n4ym0u5 h4xx0r : 2006-09-28 03:41 ID:Heaven

> If you're up for it, though, I'd consider running a lightweight yet more modern OS -- not a whole lot of new software is coming out for OS 9 nowadays. It appears that http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/ will run on your hardware.

i already have several (x86) freebsd machines, and a quadra 650 running A/UX. i figured i'd try something that's not unix on this machine.

4 Name: 4n0n4ym0u5 h4xx0r : 2006-09-29 00:46 ID:5uwqQKOf

i found very little difference in the OS's for mac until X this being from an avid mac user for 15 years. Not that there were no differences, just that I could care less about most of them. wouldn't 7.5.3 work faster on an old machine? I can't imagine running 9.1 on my old powerbook

5 Name: 4n0n4ym0u5 h4xx0r : 2006-09-29 03:41 ID:Heaven

ok, i tried installing OS 9 and it said i don't have enough memory to run the installer (the machine only has the 16MB it originally came with).
i guess i'll try getting some more memory (should be able to get it for free or pretty cheap)...

6 Name: Albright!LC/IWhc3yc : 2006-09-29 17:20 ID:By8H3kgc

>>4:
That's true, but newer software will obviously require a newer OS. If you want to run software from 1994 on your OS from 1994, go right ahead, but if you upgrade to 9 you'll at least be able to run a few things made this decade.

http://www.icab.de is a fairly decent browser which is still being developed for OS 8.5 and later.

7 Name: 4n0n4ym0u5 h4xx0r : 2006-10-05 14:49 ID:3qTTgdWj

>>5
I'd recommend going with OS 8.6, as you can run CarbonLib on that (for quasi-modern program support) and it won't lag as much as OS 9.1 will. Getting more memory is always a good idea, regardless of what version of MacOS you go with.

8 Name: 4n0n4ym0u5 h4xx0r : 2006-11-16 09:24 ID:xd4uyW/x

>>7, I always though OS 9 was a big step down from OS 8.5/8.6. Apple started screwing up their UI with 9. Hated Sherlock 2, Quicktime Player 4, etc. Really, I wasn't too happy with any Mac OS between 8.6 and 10.3.

Now, I love it again.

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