BII mac OS 7.6.1 or 8.1

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enryfox
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BII mac OS 7.6.1 or 8.1

Post by enryfox »

I do not know if this question has already been asked, but is there any reason to prefer MacOs 8.1 to 7.6.1 ?

7.6.1 is faster to boot, low in resources and I like more its simple (yet very modern) flat appearance. MacOs 8.1 ha surely a better software architecture, but does that translate in a higher system stability ?

So far, at least on B2, anything that runs on 7.6.1 runs the same on 8.1; I think that while for PPC MacOS 8.x has way better performances, for 68k there were no similar improvements.

Any suggestions ?

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Re: BII mac OS 7.6.1 or 8.1

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My system of choice is 7.6.1 under 040 emulation. I've run across a few titles that require 8.1, but for the most part, 7.6 1 fits the bill.

I was running 7.6.1 from the day it was released right up until 2001, at which point I started running it under emulation. Some of the stuff I do is still easier/faster under 7.6.1 than via the software available on a modern OS.
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Re: BII mac OS 7.6.1 or 8.1

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I found 8.1 to be more stable, and being bettr at mounting afs over ip.

Plus internet stuff, and all that jazz. I mean memory is cheap today, so it's not like I only have 12MB.

Plus you can drop in a gigabyte!

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