On Fri, June 3, 2005 18:09, Brian said: > The main thing I'd like to do with this machine is make it my > "expanded legacy machine." This means I would like it to run every > major Mac OS release on it from 8.5 to present. I plan to do this > either with multiple hard drives (as many internal as is feasible) or > with one large hard drive and many partitions.
*snip* > means I will have to upgrade the optical drive, and am not sure > exactly what I will need to do so. Is it just as simple as a drive > and a decoder that comes with the drive, or will I have to buy extra > components? Any IDE drive should work. There /may/ be some problems with booting from the drive and getting the Apple software to see it as a burner (if you go that route). The burner part can be fixed with patchburn (google for it). Myself, I dropped a LiteOn combo drive into my B&W and it works fine for booting. Burning CD's was fixed with pathburn. > What are the options I have for installing hard drives on this > machine? Will I need anything in particular to make modern, larger > hard drives work with it? As I understand it, the onboard IDE controller doesn't see anything beyond 128 GB. I believe a third party IDE controller doesn't have that limitation. External drives may or may not have that problem, I've received conflicting information on that. > What video cards are excellent choices for upgrade in particular? > What kind of card does it use: PCI of AGP? PCI. The fastest PCI card I've seen for the B&W is a Radeon 9200, at least, that one is the most common. > Which of the ZIF upgrades is worth my attention? Do any of them have > any bugs/issues? I know that some of the earlier ZIF upgrades would drop your front side bus dwon from 100 to 66, but I don't know if that is still the case. Are they worth it? Depends on the cost. To me, most of them, while it would be really cool to have a 1 GHz+ B&W, for the cost, I may as well wait a bit and pick up a sawtooth and get the better system. Of course, YMMV. What works for me may not for you or anyone else. -- 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
