Re: Anybody use System 7

The speed difference can be (feel) huge! The enormous difference in
memory usage alone already counts (loading stuff into memory can take a
relatively large amount of resources). Add in the number of cocck cycles
you gain from (let's say) a 25MHz 68030 to a 400MHz G3 and there you
have it!

Enjoy your machine(s)!

Rene
(LC475, iMac G3)


In article <vintageapplemac-3011240532580001@192.168.1.134>,
 vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:

In article <6722C2E4.C3DBCF5A@gmail.com>, David Heaton
<twertlesonline@gmail.com> wrote:
 

is there a
massive difference in speed between running 8.1 on a G3 and running
7.6.1 on a G3-upgraded mac? i would think that 8.1 would be faster due
to more PowerPC code maybe im wrong?

 
I dunno about the PPC code question, although it does sound like there's a
logic to what you say. What I can relate is the experience I'm having
running 7.6.1 on my Power Macintosh 9600; it absolutely bloody flies! I
have just rebuilt that machine and it has a Sonnet G4 CPU card and 512MB
RAM, so is phenomenally more powerful than the machines 7.6.1 was intended
to run on.
 
Partition your drive and install both systems, do a side-by-side
comparison. You'll probably not notice much difference, in truth. But if
there is any difference to notice, I'd bet it'd be that OS7 feels
significantly more nimble than 8.