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Re: Mac OS 8 question

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From: Rebecca and Rowland
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 00:00
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Peter Ceresole <peter@cara.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <1d45mqc.169v5q31ji22slN@p9.nas1.is2.u-net.net>,
> real-address-in-sig@flurbletigibbet.rhubarb.foobar (Rebecca and wrote:
> 
> >the System 7.6 Finder is much faster than the 7.1 version on
> >my Performa 475.
> 
> Running the 7.5.2 finder (B1-7.5.3) with Speed Doubler, it's as fast as any
> I've seen. Bloody quick in fact. And considerably quicker that the sys 8.0
> finder I saw running at Olympia last year. All part of my reluctance to
> upgrade... Which I still haven't done although I have the CD here...

Well...  OS8 might well be faster than you expect with SpeedDoubler.  I
reckon the 7.6.1 Finder is every bit as responsive on my 475 as the
7.5.2(?) Finder was on a PowerMac I played with a couple of years back.
Maybe SpeedDoubler is the deciding factor?

Rowland.

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From: real-address-in-sig@flurbletigibbet.rhubarb.foobar (Rebecca and Rowland)
Subject: Re: Mac OS 8 question
Date: 1998/02/09
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