8.6 on my B&W G3 450MHz/512mb ram... is very quick with virtual memory turned off.
It shipped with that OS, that's the only reason I am keeping it on there.
(I break this rule with my 68k machines though because I'd rather not use system 4 or 5..)
9.2.2 on my G4 350MHz Sawtooth with 384mb ram and 9.2.2 on my G3 iMac 350MHz with 512mb ram are both pretty snappy too.
The only thing I don't like about 8.6 is the lack of support for my USB floppy drive, and for the life of me I cant set the correct resolution no matter what video driver I use.
The Powerbook G3 was supposed to have 8.1 on it but 9.2.2 is on there as well, and running off an CF card and is really quick for only having 256mb ram.
It shipped with that OS, that's the only reason I am keeping it on there.
(I break this rule with my 68k machines though because I'd rather not use system 4 or 5..)
9.2.2 on my G4 350MHz Sawtooth with 384mb ram and 9.2.2 on my G3 iMac 350MHz with 512mb ram are both pretty snappy too.
The only thing I don't like about 8.6 is the lack of support for my USB floppy drive, and for the life of me I cant set the correct resolution no matter what video driver I use.
The Powerbook G3 was supposed to have 8.1 on it but 9.2.2 is on there as well, and running off an CF card and is really quick for only having 256mb ram.