chris said: >If you have a 266, you don't have the REAL original G3 powerbook. There >was a 1997 model, based off the 3400 form factor. It is a 250 MHz model, >and was more or less a "3500" as IIRC, it really was just the 3400 logic >board with a G3 chip on it. It sold for about $5000 (developer price, >retail was about 30% higher). It was a short lived model, as the next set >of PowerBook G3's came out in early 1998. Which, in my opinion *isn't* a Powerbook G3. To me, Wall Street (or Powerbook series) I and II was the first REAL Powerbook G3 and the 3400 was just a bad idea. There was also another 250 model in the Wall Street I series. Check out <www.everymac.com>. So while it may be called that by some, I disagree.
>totally unsupported video card Isn't that much of a problem on the 266 actually, though would be nice with QE support though. >maxes out at 160 MB of RAM, Mine at 192, but in real life it can use 512. However, I'd recommend your boss to sell the 3400 for what he can get and buy a Wall Street Pismo and 512 MB RAM, *not less* and a new fast HD. That or a second hand or new grey iBook instead. Unless he wants to spend on a G4. There will only be trouble trying to get decent performance from the 3400, except maybe as a typewriter. In that case, why go OS X at all? Lombards should be avoided with OS X AFAIK. I haven't really paid attention since 10.2 really, though. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
