I've been running it since 10.1 at the end of September. Is it worth it? Yes, partly because it's better and partly because it's the future. Virtually all commercial and shareware releases are now at least carbonized and an increasing number of interesting apps are OS X (Cocoa), only.
You should consider more memory, especially if you expect to run Classic a lot. But, what you have will get you by. The will be a speed hit in Finder responsiveness, though you get used to it. Most application processes, printing, networking, disk I/O, and such, are actually faster. Your biggest problem will come from the lack of OS X support for accelerated video on your beige G3. Apple is working toward settling a California lawsuit on this issue and it appears they have ATI working on new drivers (based on recent comments at the shareholder meeting). I can't think of anything I use that hasn't been carbonized, yet, though I haven't upgraded a lot of them due to cost factors. And, everything I've tried to run in Classic has worked, though PageMaker 6.52 did throw a fit the last time I tried to run it. I suspect that may have something to do with a recent install of Suitcase 10.1.2, which makes mysterious hooks into the Classic environment. Time will tell and, with InDesign 2.0, I don't really need PageMaker very often. I believe you're quite correct about the Epson 700. That is not a native USB printer and there is no support for any sort of serial printers under OS X. It may be the case that you can print from Classic on machines with built-in serial ports; I know that you can't with the Stealth serial port I have. If you print often, I'd think that making a PDF of your document, restarting into OS 9, printing, and then restarting to OS X would be a huge pain. I'd suggest you invest in a USB card (maybe a USB 2 with Firewire?) and new printer while you can still sell the Epson to classic diehards. Other things to consider? Any odd hardware? Do you have a scanner? On Sunday, April 28, 2002, at 11:07 AM, Sean wrote: > I'm running OS 9.0.4 on my G3 rev.B MiniTower. I haven't sprung the > $200 Cdn to > upgrade to OS X. Is it worth it? > > How much RAM would you (not Apple) recommend? I have 448MB physical RAM. > > Is there a speed hit with OS X on a 300MHz G3? Is it noticeable? Does > the > sexiness of OS X outweigh the slowdown? > > Which of your favorite applications or utilities don't have OS X > versions yet? > Do they still run in classic mode? > > I don't think Epson will write OS X drivers for my Epson Photo 700 > printer. Is > it a pain to prepare stuff in OS X and then go back to classic OS 9 to > print? > > Any thing else I should consider? -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
