On 30 Jan 2006, at 02:59, Der Mickster wrote:
Alrighty there,
So I got this'ere Wallstreet II (G3 300/192 megs of RAM) - been using
it for surfing and text processing primarily....I am running OS X
10.2....
Little did I know. At any rate, no Classic apps will run, and there's
nothing to dual boot into.
No OS 9 installed? It should boot into 9 if you want it too. I had
none of this with two WS's.
I'll be getting a 40-gig Travelstar pretty
soon,
great move!
if I'm getting this correctly, I should
partition it to smithereens, install OSX into the first partition, the
Classic OS into the second, and use whatever remains for bulky file
storage; any caveats you feel worth mentioning?
Don't know about partitioning to smithereens--a bit of an hyperbole,
perhaps--but definitely in two sections with X on the first
partition and 9 on the second. Install 9 first and download
XPostFacto if you want to go to Panther, 10.3, which I would
recommend for the following reason:
4) The Curse of the Darkened Screen. During bootup (and after the
initial apple logo vanishes), you can only see what's going on if you
use a torch or some such. Upon bootup, this can be rectified with a
single touch of the brightess regulator, but that's the only option.
If I accidentally close the lid, it goes into sleep mode and then
doesn't make the screen bright enough when it awakens. The brightness
regulator does nothing in those cases. Is there a cure?
I believe your problem stems from running Jaguar. I've had two WS's
with similar issues in Jaguar. Among the video issues in 10.2 were
artifacts left on the screen that opening a window might eliminate,
not waking from sleep, washed out screen, melting screen effects and
so on. An upgrade to 10.3 solved the problem entirely. Both
machines have run flawlessly in Panther.
5) Processor upgrade. Is the 250-dollar upgrade to G4 500 offered by
wegenermedia.com the best and cheapest option, or have I missed
something? Will I be better off with an equal G3? Are there any better
ways?
Some may disagree with me, but I feel that a G4 upgrade, while
attractive, doesn't make a lot of sense on this machine. It has a
slower bus speed than a Lombard (or Pismo), 66 MHz vs 100 MHz. A G3
upgrade, maybe. The machine is a trooper and can do all sorts of
things that surprises my Windows friends when we compare their
machines made at the same time as the WS. But the bus speed, I
think, hobbles its ability to work with such apps as Keynote and
Pages. There are others who can speak better to this issue.
HTH,
Jim Sanderson
--
G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and...
Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives |
-- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! |
Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html>
G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html>
--> AOL users, remove "mailto:";
Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]>
To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/>
---------------------------------------------------------------
iPod Accessories for Less
at 1-800-iPOD.COM
Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal
www.1800ipod.com
---------------------------------------------------------------
