on 1/24/03 3:37 AM, Jon Glass at jonglass_at_usa.net wrote:
>>> I would stay at 8.6 if you don't plan on going to OSX. I don't think
>>> that 9.x is worth the effort as in general I think 8.6 is the best
>>> release for powermacs.
>>
>> I disagree with this assessment strongly. CarbonLib on 8.6 is terrible. USB
>> support is bad. I recommend at least 9.0.4 for machines that are capable of
>> it.
>
> Yes, but isn't 9.0.4 buggy? Personally, I say go all the way to 9.2.2 if you
> have the ram for 9. It has been very stable on my Pismo, and it has the
> nifty "Windows" menu in the Finder that 9.1 brought to the OS.
Just this AM I found on MacInTalk that there's an updated Apple KBase page
on OS compatibility.
( http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25114 )
Look at it and make your own judgements.
- Eric.
--Eric Strobel (fyzycyst_at_NOSPAM^mailaps.org)
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