[Duo2400] 2300 users - which OS version?

[R. McFarlane]

At 06:32 PM 1/15/2004, wayne ingalls, had this to say :

>I have a quick question that hopefully doesn't create
>a lengthy discussion. I'm going to sell a 2300 to a
>friend whose 160 screen died. I'm wondering what
>you 2300 users prefer for your OS? Should I put
>8.1, 8.5, or 8.6 on this before I give it to him?
>The 2300 will have 48 MB RAM and either a 1 GB
>or 4 GB drive, depending on what I find to put in it.

I have a similar machine (2300c w/56MB 1GB <--- I will install a 2 or 4GB 
soon ) running 9.1. I like 9.1 or higher.

>This is going to be used mostly for word processing,
>maybe a little bit of spreadsheet work and not much
>else. The friend regularly uses OS 9 and X at work on
>a collection of G3 and G4 machines, plus has a 9500
>at home for heavy Photoshop use. He still likes having
>a laptop and used to spend as much time on the 160
>(running OS 7.x) as he did on the 9500.

Well in this case, then I would suggest 8.6 minimum. I have had pre-8.6 
machines unable to communicate properly to higher OS machines using AppleTalk.

>On a side note - if anyone has ideas on what might
>be the cause of a 160 losing its screen, I think I'm
>going to get that from him when I give/sell him the
>2300. If nothing else, I may have some 160 ready
>to part out.

A common problem with these older PB's (and maybe all of them) is the 
inverter board gives up. If you have another 1xx series machine the parts 
are swapable. I will be doing this exact same work on a PB 160 for one of 
my customers. Given I have a 170 and 145, I think I can keep the 170 and 
part the 145. :)

>thanks for your opinions,

You owe me 2 cents! ;)


Sincerely,

R. McFarlane

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