On Sunday, February 9, 2003, at 03:29 PM, Damon Blythe wrote: > okay, so how do I know that the drive is "bootable"? Arn't all cd > drives > bootable? Coming from the PC world that I am they all are, so forgive > my > ignorance...
No. Not all of them. A good place to look would be in the list of supported drive mechanism's in the iTunes pages at apple. AFAIK, those are bootable. Simplest method of course, is to try it and see if it boots. You may have to spring for an Apple-rommed cd, but those are available pretty cheap. Power On copmputers, (http://www.poweron.com> has Apple CD-r's for $25, if need be. That said, my Lite-on 42-16-42 CDRW boots just fine, and those are like, $20 after rebates these days in places. (Mine was sold under the Cendyne name) > Also, I read somewhere that I should probably have at least .5 > gigs of memory in the machine. Do apples run well with an "odd" amount > (say > 768 or 256+256+128)? Yes. > PC's (again) don't. Not so. Most that take SDRAM dimms will run just fine on odd memory. > I'm assuming the max amount of > memory I can put in one of the three slots is 256 megs. Is this > correct? Yes, if it's a beige G3, you're restricted to single density DIMMS, the largest of which is 256 MB. > Will 512 megs be enough? or should I plop down for another 256? I > don't plan > on running many "powerful" apps. Mostly internet browsing (somtimes > 5-10 > windows open), email, and word processing. I like a fast resonding > machine > though. 512 is a workable amount for OSX. Stated minimum is 128, the really usable minimum is 256, imo. > ..Also, I was considering getting a usb card to plug in a usb > keyboard and rf mouse by macally. Worth the extra dough, or does the > adb kb > and mse do a decent job. They're more than fine. I wouldn't replace the adb components at all; with usb ones you lose the power key on the keyboard, as well as any mouse or keyboard related shortcuts, since the USB card isn't recognized until the drivers load. -- "Wherever you go, there you are." - B. Banzai, Ph.D. Bruce Johnson -- 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
