Re: [NTLK] FW: [OT] Need OS 9 in PDX

From: Jon Glass (jonglass_at_usa.net)
Date: Fri Jan 24 2003 - 03:37:13 EST


on 1/23/03 8:35 PM, Mick Ring at lists_at_rynosoft.com 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.

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