FWIW, as part of the Guide I actually never tested OT 1.1.2 in 7.1 Pro. While it might be able to offer some benefits, the reality is MacTCP can do most of what these machines can do anyways.
In my opinion, based on what I know now, 7.5.x isn't even necessary unless 10.4 AFP support is required. Otherwise, it's rather slow and has a ravenous appetite for memory and disk space. Comparison: 7.0.1 with MacTCP and some other utilities on my former SE/30 was 6.5MB. The 7.5.5 System Folder with OT 1.3, AS 3.7.4 and a few widgets was close to 30MB.
If all you have is an SE FDHD with a stock Conner 40MB drive, that would be a pincher.
But for a LC475, it's probably not that much of a deal. I must confess though that 7.0/7.1 touched my heart as a "lovable" OS. It wasn't awesome on floppies like System 6 was, neither did it have the speed of System 6, but it wasn't gluttonous like 7.5. I found it easy to like 7.0/7.1.
In my opinion, based on what I know now, 7.5.x isn't even necessary unless 10.4 AFP support is required. Otherwise, it's rather slow and has a ravenous appetite for memory and disk space. Comparison: 7.0.1 with MacTCP and some other utilities on my former SE/30 was 6.5MB. The 7.5.5 System Folder with OT 1.3, AS 3.7.4 and a few widgets was close to 30MB.
If all you have is an SE FDHD with a stock Conner 40MB drive, that would be a pincher.
But for a LC475, it's probably not that much of a deal. I must confess though that 7.0/7.1 touched my heart as a "lovable" OS. It wasn't awesome on floppies like System 6 was, neither did it have the speed of System 6, but it wasn't gluttonous like 7.5. I found it easy to like 7.0/7.1.