6 Feb
2002
6 Feb
'02
3:25 p.m.
I've had no stability issues with 7.1 -- all of my
classic Macs, except the
SE/30 and the Plus which run 6.0.8, run it.
Ahh... my "Classic" Macs don't run 7 of any varient, I keep them all at 6
for the most part (I do have a 7.1 bootable external HD so I can run it
when I need it on them).
7.5.2 really soured me on 7.5.x. :-/
Oh... that explains it. 7.5.2, and 7.5.3 were some of the buggiest crap
around. But they got it mostly right with 7.5.5 (which really was nothing
more than a big bug fix for 7.5.3... there isn't even a 7.5.5
installer... just .3 and a .5 updater)
Why not just go "all the way" to 7.6.1 if
you're using 7.5.x?
Cause I hate 7.6 and 7.6.1... I have found it too unstable for my tastes.
That and on older Macs (020, 030... since I don't do no 7.x with 000s,
and 040s I run 8.1) run at a snails pace with 7.6.1, but 7.5.5 runs fine,
and takes up less ram, and less HD space (most of the machines I use it
on are lucky if they have an 80mb drive... 7.5.5 kills only 12-20mb
depending on options... 7.6.1 starts at 25mb usually and can go as high
as 30-40 with options)
Oh yeah... another reason I use 7.5.5 over 7.1... open transport (I knew
there was another reason) OT 1.1.1 is usually bare minimum for decent mac
internet use... and that wants 7.5.3 (but we already know 5.3 sucks, so I
use 5.5)
-chris
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