Nina,
My beige (originally G3/300 MT) now boasts a Sonnet Encore ZIF - G4/700, 2 x IBM 18GB Ultra SCSIs, a Seagate 80Gb drive (ATA),
A Belkin 5-port USB 2 card, A Pioneer 106 DVD Drive, A Radeon 7000 64Mb Graphics card (flashed PC model) and 768Mb RAM.
RAM & G4 from OWC,
Drives & Card from eBay. Drives from UK cause of postage costs, Radeon from Texas
Has 9.2.2, 10.2.8 and 10.3.5 (courtesy of XPostFacto).
Go for it with the beige - they're easier to delve into than the iMacs
Reply off-list if you need any further help or info.
Good lick,
Ted
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Nina Sutcliffe wrote:
Hello,
I'm new to the list here. I have a Beige G3/266Mhz with 320 megs ram and I'd like to upgrade it to a G4. I've heard that it can be upgraded to a G4/500 but the problem for running certain programs is that it lacks a USB port. My model also doesn't have an internal modem. My mac tech thinks it's a waste of time and money to do an upgrade, but I'm wondering. It's a solid machine other than the fact that it can't run some of the newer software that requires G4.
Does anyone here have any experience doing this and could offer either ideas or resources for doing so? Other than installing more memory and a clock battery once, I've never done the work inside a machine, but since the only other option seems to be to sell it on Ebay for $25, I figure it's worth a try!
I also have 2 imacs one a G3/233 and the other a G3/350. Would I be smarter to try and upgrade one of those rather than the beige?
Thanks so much!
Nina
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