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- From: Apgar@Apple.com (Gar)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
- Subject: Re: HELP! Should I bother with 7.1?
- Message-ID: <Apgar-101192205012@17.127.11.116>
- Date: 11 Nov 92 02:50:38 GMT
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- Sender: news@gallant.apple.com
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- In article <721350159.AA00000@blkcat.UUCP>,
- Rick.Zeman@p943.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Rick Zeman) wrote:
- >
- > On 11/9/92@7:20:38 AM, Evan Mair was heard to say regarding "HELP! Should I
- > bother with 7.1?:"
- >
- >
- > EM> Well, after playing with it for a while and testing it with some
- > EM> inits, etc, I truly can't figure why I should use it!!! The System
- > EM> uses 300+ more K than 7.0.1, and I am limited to having my fonts in
- > EM> one directory. Yes, things are cleaner, and nicer, but it certainly
- > EM> doesn't seem much different.
- > EM>
- > 7.1 must have problems with 68000 machines. On my Classic, it uses 200k
- > more memory than 7.01*, yet everyone I know with 030s report a decrease in
- > memory used.
-
-
- After * careful * testing on a IIcx I found 7.1 to use slighty more RAM
- (about 50K) than 7.0.1 with Tune Up and NSI 1.2.3.
-
- With Extensions off, Extensions on but AppleTalk off, and
- Extensions on, 7.1 always was about 50K more.
-
- Just another data point.
-
- Eric Apgar I said it, NOT Apple. Apgar@Apple.com
-