3 Jan
2007
3 Jan
'07
5:23 p.m.
The Mac OS category in the same program says the same
thing,
giving requirements as follows:
7.1 68000 or later, 2 MB RAM, 4 MB hard drive
7.5 68000 or later, 4 MB RAM, 21 MB hard drive
7.6 32-bit clean 68030 or later, 8 MB RAM, 40-120 MB hard drive
8.0/1 68040 or later, 12 MB RAM, 195 MB hard drive
8.5 PPC, 16 MB RAM, 150-250 MB hard drive
8.6 PPC, 24 MB RAM, 190-250 MB hard drive
Wow. Looking back, it's amazing how fast requirements shot
up. I'm really glad I sort of sat out that period as far as buying
computers. Our main home system was a Mac Plus until we leapfrogged
Remember how fast CPU's shot up during that time period, even on the Mac
side of things. Memory increases had a lot to do with it as well. 7.5 is
where TCP/IP really started getting used, so that might effect it as well.
The OS changed significantly during these releases.
My first Mac was a PowerBook 520c, it shipped with 7.1 installed, and images
of 7.5.x on the HD. With only 4MB RAM base, you didn't want to run 7.5,
with 20MB RAM, it ran OK. IIRC, my PowerMac 8500/180 that I got a year
later shipped with some version of 7.5 as well.
Additionally, I can't even imagine running these OS's with that little RAM.
Zane