Powerbook 1400 and OS 9.2.x

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Powerbook 1400 and OS 9.2.x

With only 64MB of ram max, can this computer be upgraded to 9.2.x? I thought I read somwhere that 9.1 was as far as I can go with a PB 1400.

Thanks for your help!!

Jim

Powerbook 1400c, Mac OS 9.1.x, 400Mhz Sonnet Upgrade Card, 64MB Ram (128MB with RamDoubler 9)

Posted on Jan 20, 2006 10:22 AM

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Answer 1

Jan 20, 2006 4:05 PM in response to ismajim

Sorry but you're right; only 9.1 ( see http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25114)

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eww

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Jan 20, 2006 4:11 PM in response to ismajim

With a RAM ceiling of 64MB, even OS 9.1 pushes a 1400 pretty hard. There won't be much RAM left over for your applications after 9.1 grabs what it wants. You could probably update from 9.1 to 9.2.1 and then 9.2.2 using OS 9 Helper, but then your RAM situation would be even worse.

OS 8.6 provides the best combination of a generous feature set, excellent stability, and thrifty RAM usage on a 1400.

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