Hi All - Well, I bit the bullet this morning and installed 10.2 on my Rev. A Beige G3. First the specs: Formerly 233mhz, upgraded to 366. 256MB Ram (was more, but I only left in the two identical pc133/128meg chips for the install), USB PCI card (nothing connected during the install), internal ZIP, Internal TEAC CDRW replacing the original CD drive, 16meg Rage Orion PCI card with attached monitor (nothing on the original video card), WD 40gig HD with 4 partitions - OS X on the first 7 gig one, 9.1 on another. Installation was an upgrade from 10.1.5, which was running quite well.
My report is a good one. It installed in about 35 - 40 minutes with no problems, blank screens or other errors. Rebooted once after counting down when finished with the first CD then prompted me to install the second CD and installation proceeded without a hitch. I'm writing this from the OS 10.2 mail application. I haven't noticed a great speed improvement from 10.1.5, but I haven't played around with it for long yet. I like the improvements to the applications, especially Mail which now seems to be a full fledged e-mail program. Haven't tried iChat since I'm not much of a chatter and don't have a .mac or aol account. Everything else seems to run fine. I'm sure that I'll have more to report later, but I did want to let folks know that it could be done. Obviously YMMV, and from the many reports that I read may vary greatly, but at least it worked for me. Feel free to write me off-list if you want any details or updates. Sam Strong Charlottesville, Virginia -- 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>
