Personal Web Sharing PWS lets you create your own Web server and share HTML documents and files over the Internet or on a local intranet. If you have a suitable Internet connection, PWS is the fastest and easiest way to get your documents online. Improvements Underneath Even die-hard Mac supporters admit that the Macintosh Operating System is showing its age after almost 14 years. Although Mac OS 8 still shares much of its code with System 7.6, the new OS sports a few significant internal improvements. Even using a prerelease version of the new Finder, I noticed a speed boost on my Power Mac 7500.
Finder can run several threads, or tasks, simultaneously.
For instance, you can copy a file while you're launching an application, which means less time waiting and more time working. The Last Word From its bold new look to its native, multithreaded Finder, Mac OS 8 is the first upgrade in a long time that you'll actually look forward to installing. If you've got a Macintosh system that supports the new system, you need Mac OS 8. Contributing editor Franklin N. Tessler has used a Macintosh since Finder 1.1.