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My second favorite computer to write (my main job), to this day, is still a Powerbook 1400c running System 7. It uses a G3 upgrae so it's very fast/responsive,
by sanoli 11y ago
My second favorite computer to write (my main job), to this day, is still a Powerbook 1400c running System 7. It uses a G3 upgrae so it's very fast/responsive, as that OS would run just fine on even a 040 processor.
- Tloewald 11y agoI'd have to say my favorite computer ever was the Power Mac G4 867MHz running 8.6 (or was it 9.1?). Basically Mac OS 8-9 just ran obscenely fast on PowerPCs as it was essentially in maintenance mode while they built OSX, so we got years of little more than stability patches and cosmetic changes without bloat while Apple's hardware was overtaking Wintel (temporarily). Heck you could run the entire OS and applications off RAM Disk and still have plenty of RAM left over. Aside: the 1400 was a great model (especially after the 5300 debacle) and had an upgradeable CPU daughtercard (ah back when the engineers were running the asylum). The big problem with it was lack of space for RAM, so when you did upgrade the CPU you had a kind of fast but cramped machine.
- sanoli 11y agoYou're right: my 1400 maxes out at some 64 megs or Ram. More than enough for writing/text editing, but too little for anything else. The keyboard is awesome by the way. I also replaced the hard drive with a fast pcmcia compact flash card, made it even more responsive. There was also a G4 upgrade for the Powermac 9500 series that was compatible with System 7.