I've got this beige G3 tower that I want to make my main Mac. Presently I use a G3-upgraded 7600 hybrid, with Fast SCSI drives.
First I need memory. Max it out. OWC has a very nice price on their memory (less than $40 a pop) - is this acceptable? ( http://eshop.macsales.com/MyOWC/Upgrades.cfm?modelY&type=Memory&TI=%23TimeFormat%28Now%28%29%2C+&shoupgrds=Show+Upgrades ) It's a 266MHz tower with a 512k L2 backside cache. It looks like one should be able to get a 500MHz G4 chip for around $100 or so. Anything to avoid? Prioritize? I am planning to take my hybrid's SCSI card and fast drives and put it in the device - the current G3 tower unit has a fast scsi card running (with some difficulty at start-up) only 7600rpm IBM SCSI drives, so I'll improve that - after I've upgraded the memory and processor. So I don't care about the lack of an IDE slave capacity. Question: The CD-ROM appears to be IDE. Is there any problem having an IDE CD but with the system running on Fast-SCSI hard drives? I plan to put OS X on this Mac, after the G4. Does OS X run OK on Fast SCSI drives? Or should I avoid OS X and go with Yellow Dog Linux? t -- Signwave Finder Mail 0.5a - http://www.signwave.co.uk/ -- 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
