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Post #19 by feeef
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryPowerPC
Post DateTue, 26 Mar 2013 - 09:30
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/mac-os-8-8-6-are-you-a-fan.27405/
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Hi ClassicHasClass,

The hack is because the openGL installer wont install on 7 so you have to extract the files with TomeViewer. I explain how I did in the last post of this thread => http://forums.system7today.com/viewtopic.php?t=14&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=12

That said, Q3A was fine on my 7300 with 9.1, a Rage Orion (Rage 128) and a G3/500, so I don't know how much the OS plays into that. (It has a G4/800 now, so it's even better. )
Well, I don't say that Quake 3 will run better on 7, I was saying that there are plenty of really cool apps on 7 (I used Quake 3 as an example because it's not supposed to work). I don't really miss much from 9 but 3ivx and I forgot to mention Classila! :)

In fact, I bought this computer as a second hand in 1999. It came with 7.5 and 8.1 and at the time, I first installed and used 8.1 (for a few years) , then 9.1... then I made it a G3 and a G4. It's only recently I realized I never used it with its original system. So I did and was amazed by the speed. It's a few months now and I still didn't go back to my 9.1 partition.

Because for me "fast" is more to do with how the computer responds to the user events, I am making it the fastest mac I ever owned. haha! :)

mp.ls