Thanks Mark and other Bruce
> Will OSX be as slow as I fear, even with the bigger hard disk and more
> RAM?
OSX on my Pismo with a 400MHz G3 and 512 RAM was fast.
With the bluechip upgrade to 900MHz and 1 GB RAM it is even better, but even
at 400MHz, it was fast enough.
<snip>
Actually 10.3 is about as fast on mine as OS 9. Not bad at all. The 128
megs is a big issue.
Particularly if the disk is 5400 RPM, the Pismo should run OS X quite
usably.
The Pismo, in fact, feels roughly about the same speed as the Beige
doing most things; it's got a PC100 bus which helps a fair bit.
I think the current drive is a stock 4400 rpm.
The current 128MB RAM is PC100. Not sure about
the speed of the 30GB drive or the 512MB RAM
which are on their way. Eventual plan is to max
it out: see
http://www.livejournal.com/users/myceliumme/29829.html#cutid2
Nope. 802.11g drivers are not available under OS 9. While the card
itself is 802.11b compatible, that doesn't mean it uses Airport
drivers.
Oh well - and thanks for the explanation. I live
less than 500 metres from my work. The buffalo
card claims it may be able to achieve
connectivity (albeit very slow) at this sort of
distance. I'll post any positive results here
and in LiveJournal
I wonder what are you doing that's making the G4/400 feel slow?
Happy to answer in detail off-list. Short answer
is "AFAIK nothing that **should** slow it"
(or what you're comparing it to
Short answer "The same G4/400 running OS 9�1,
although I realise I may not be comparing exactly
like-with-like."
Thanks all round
Bruce
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