Sounds like me. I bought a "bare bones" B&W G3 last spring and immediately got "hooked" on Macs. I've always been a die hard Windows fan, but that's quickly changed. I now have two B&W G3's, an iBook indigo clamshell, an iMac G3, and a beige G3 all-in-one. I don't have more than $40 in any of them.
I'd suggest spending no more than $40 or $50 on upgrades to the B&W. That should get you 512mb ram, 40 GB hard drive, and an ATI Radeon 7000 PCI card. Keep an eye out for super cheap deals on RAM and hard drives at flea markets, used computer shops, and computer swaps. The Radeon 7000 card you can get via Ebay for around $20 shipped. This setup will run Tiger well and give you a good idea of what OS X can do. After you enjoy the B&W G3, put the rest of your planned upgrade money into a G5 or Mac Mini. Like the above poster said, refurbed Mac Minis are great buys for around $450. Steve P. On Aug 31, 1:37 pm, Donald Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Aug 31, 2008, at 1:05 PM, cptblue wrote: > > > i repaired a mates laptop and as payment he gave me a G3 "smurf tower" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
