<sigh> I'll offer my opinion here... (Please remember, opinions are like... And usually the other guy's stinks.)
System: Beige 266mhz G3 DT. 512mb RAM, internal 6gb ATA drive, (2) 4gb SCSI Cheetah drives internal as well. All tests performed on the ATA drive. Internal 24x stock CD-ROM (Mitsumi?) External 6x Apple CD-ROM and 6-?-24 Yamaha burner. Install wouldn't happen from internal CD. Ended up using the old Apple external to install. I went from 9.2.1 to X then to Jaguar. The X.1 transition wasn't bad. It was fun to play with the new interface and all, but I noticed a glitch that made me spend most of my time booted to Classic. What? Browser performance. I have dial-up and OE under Classic typically loads web pages at 48k speeds. OE under X loads at 14.4k speeds. No other changes except the OS. Not good. Off to the modem speed test page... Confirmed. 44-48k in OS 9.2.2, Less than 14.4k in X. All else seems to work fine. iTunes, iBurn, iMovie... So... Free education distro of Jag arrives shortly after the holidays. Maybe it's better... Once again, internal CD-ROM ain't cutting it. Install from external again. Run system update and find that with the shipped by Apple CDs require about 120mb of patches to be functional. Over dial-up? Uh huh... sure... School has a big pipe and I have a laptop. Get the updates. Install them. We now have X.2.3. Then straight to OE and modem speed test page. No improvement. Walk away for a few days. Client calls and needs something I have. iBurn here we come. WTF? No burner. "The CDRW attached to SCSI... is not recognized" or some such. So boot to Classic and use Toast to burn. No floppy I can deal with. New burner to run this OS? I don't think so. Safari comes out... Boot to X.3.2 and download. Nice alpha test... Not ready for beta yet. All in all, not worth the trouble (to me). When I'm so inclined I'll wipe the drive and reinstall X.1 (actually X.1.5 by the time you get all the patches installed) and run that when I feel the need to play with X. Might work better on an 800mhz G4, but I ain't got one of those... Ya pays yer money and takes yer choice... Now to answer your individual questions: 1.> Don't know and I'm too lazy to walk upstairs to check. I started with an empty drive. IIRC, one can partition and install in a 2gb partition. Mind you, that's Classic AND X. 2.> Yes, though at the price of ATA drives, I'd buy a big one. OWC has a Maxtor 30gb for $70. 3.> Rumor has it that X will run in 64mb. I know that it wasn't happy in 128mb. Much happier in 256 and ecstatic in 512. Have fun. Jim WINNINGHAM THOMAS AN wrote: > Hi all, > > I know this question has been asked by others a hundred times, but > I'm going to risk derision to ask again. I value the opinion of the > subscribers to this list and would appreciate feedback to save me a > lot of time and effort doing the research myself. I am contemplating > making the switch from OS9.2.1 to OS X on my beige G3 desktop, and I > have the following questions. > > But first, here are the basic specs. I have a 300 MHz, G3 desktop. > It has 224 MB of RAM and a 4 GB hard drive with 0.9 GB available > space. > > 1. When I read quickly through the installation instructions, I seem > to remember that I need 1.8 GB of free space on my hard drive. Is > this just for installation? Could I remove some stuff temporarily > until the installation is completed, or does OS X need all of the 1.8 > GB to "reside." > > 2. If I need more hard drive space, can I just buy another > small/cheap internal drive and install it? If so, should I be > looking for an ATA drive? > > 3. I know I probably need more RAM, but can I get by with 224 MB? > > 4. And finally, if I am able to install OS X, will the performance > be significantly worse than OS 9? In other words, is my machine too > slow to run OS X properly (without frustrating me constantly)? Maybe > this question should have been first. > > Thanks in advance, > Andy > -- 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> --> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
