on 4/28/02 2:07 PM, 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?

X came pre-installed on my G4, but I still use Mac O/S 9.  On the other
hand, my wife got an iceBook as her first computer and I set her up with X
from the start.  She had nothing invested in the old o/s, but I have tons of
shortcuts and macros that don't work in X.

> 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?

My iBook/500 with 384megs of ram is clearly slower in X than 9.2, but my
G4/733 with 640 megs of ram runs about as fast in X as 9.  The sexiness is
worth the slowdown if sexiness is important to you.

> Any thing else I should consider?

I like iPhoto and Watson, they are X only.  They don't have classic
versions.


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