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From: Rene Kint <renekint@stnest.net>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.vintage
Subject: Re: Anybody use System 7
Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2024 17:11:33 +0100
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The speed difference can be (feel) huge! The enormous difference in 
memory usage alone already counts (loading stuff into memory can take a 
relatively large amount of resources). Add in the number of cocck cycles 
you gain from (let's say) a 25MHz 68030 to a 400MHz G3 and there you 
have it!

Enjoy your machine(s)!

Rene 
(LC475, iMac G3)


In article <vintageapplemac-3011240532580001@192.168.1.134>,
 vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:

> In article <6722C2E4.C3DBCF5A@gmail.com>, David Heaton
> <twertlesonline@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > is there a
> > massive difference in speed between running 8.1 on a G3 and running
> > 7.6.1 on a G3-upgraded mac? i would think that 8.1 would be faster due
> > to more PowerPC code maybe im wrong?
> 
> I dunno about the PPC code question, although it does sound like there's a
> logic to what you say. What I can relate is the experience I'm having
> running 7.6.1 on my Power Macintosh 9600; it absolutely bloody flies! I
> have just rebuilt that machine and it has a Sonnet G4 CPU card and 512MB
> RAM, so is phenomenally more powerful than the machines 7.6.1 was intended
> to run on.
> 
> Partition your drive and install both systems, do a side-by-side
> comparison. You'll probably not notice much difference, in truth. But if
> there is any difference to notice, I'd bet it'd be that OS7 feels
> significantly more nimble than 8.