[P1] panther on 600MHZ ibook?

[Richard McKay]

Warren Pollans wrote the following:

> Does it make sense to put panther on a 600MHZ 14" ibook (640MB ram, 20 GB HD)?
> Will it slow my little G3 to crawl?  I'm running 10.2.8 now and don't think
> that I'll need any of the new bells and whistles (I use Terminal, Mail,
> Mozilla Firebird with perl, apache/mod_perl, mysql and  - mainly as a unix box
> with mac gui) but I can tell that I'll eventually be overwhelmed by all the
> panther hype and want to try it - I didn't think that I'd ever install jaguar

yes, but certainly you could just continue using Jag and update the Unix
based apps that you mention and never notice the difference. However, there
are always features that one doesn't really need or know about that come
with any new release and after trying them out one becomes addicted and asks
how did I live without this? Seriously though I think it may be worth it for
you just for the new version of the developer tools and new native versions
of the programs you mention that should make the programs scream with speed
enhancement compared to what you are using now.

If for no other reason, consider that most people will be using Panther
after a while and therefore more help will be available to you should there
be any issues.

My .02

Cheers,

Richard
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