my mac, performaer 400, has just recently died and i would like to install windows 3.1 so i can put on some games. this is the problem 1: i insert the install disk no.1, the computer pauses and then makes this realy loud reading noise and then ejects the disk. no matter what i try i just keep going in circles. neeeeeeeeeed hellllp NOW! and i don't know if u need the dos disks i have then handy if i need them.

You can't install a Windows system on a Mac, unless you use an emulator like VirtualPC.

You want to install what on a Performa what? A Performa 400? Weren't those things clocked at something like 20MHz? Let me tell ya something Robbie, if you do manage to get Windows running on that machine, you ain't going to be able to play any games on it. That's for darn tootin'!! What does the Performa 400 have for a processor? A 68030 or a 68LC040? I believe it was a 68030, if memory serves correctly. Ha Ha Ha... Save yourself some aggravation, Robbie. Get yourself some System 7.5.3 disk images from the Apple support site and install that. If you don't want to use Mac OS, get NetBSD and blow your brains with the funky games available for that. That ought to keep you busy for a while. Yeah, dude, what do you want on your pizza? Uh, Windows 3.1... and do you deliver? Gay men don't jump.

The Performa 400 was AKA LC II... It was clocked a 16mhz. It was also crippled in as much as it ran a 32bit processor on a 16bit bus and only allowed for a max of 10mb of RAM. In other words, it was s---.

With a name like poosticks, I would have expected you to be stinking up the joint. But you're not. You're telling it like it is. I commend you for that. The Performa 400 will run NetBSD, Robbie. It will also run System 7.5.3 (Which is a free download from Apple) and can be upgraded to System 7.6. However, you may freely update to System 7.5.5 with free downloads from the Apple support site. Personally, I would recommend that you dip your fingers into the NetBSD well and lap yourself up a cool refreshing sip of open source Unix. It will run slowly on a Performa 400 and it will take about a day to do a full install, but you'll have oodles and oodles of fun, you'll learn a hell of a lot (especially, if you're expecting to be a Mac OS X user someday), and the force will be with you, Luke. Oh, and Darth Vader really isn't your father, but that doesn't preclude you from being a b---tard child... :P Gay men don't jump.