At 06:41 -0400 9/28/08, insightinmind wrote: >I need to let go of my 8500 and 9500 ... and replace them with an >early model PowerMac G4 ... >
The 8500 I'm writing this on remains my favorite Mac. The Sawtooth G4 to my right and my SE/30 file server to the left almost finish out the Mac.s but there are two more 8500's and a 7100 that I turn on once in a while because I use them for testing hardware I'm repairing or creating. There is a Crescendo Sonnet upgrade in this 8500 that makes it look like a G3 and there is another version of that upgrade that uses a G4 chip. The 7100 also runs a G3 upgrade. They're really nice. I have never had a problem with either upgrade. The G4 is running OS 10.3.9 because 10.4 killed off the Appletalk connectivity with the SE/30. I use it for some CAD work which the 8500 is not quite up to but for text, like Eudora e-mail, WORD 5.1, and my finances in Excel 2001, the 8500 is fine. insightinmind continued: >I began thinking I would like something relatively "free" on my >salary as a starving artist-type ... but I don't want to insult the >sensibilities of my fellow-Mac-lovers (but probably have). And I probably will. . . Actually I do have another box. It's a 2 GHz Intel processor with two 22 inch flat panel monitors that cost a bit less than $1k for the whole thing at <http://techforless.com>. (I'm a satisfied customer only. They have bricks and mortar here in Colorado Springs.) It's running ubuntu Linux and behaves well with the likes of "the GIMP" an open source rival to Adobe's PhotoShop. Open Office reads those *.doc files that get sent to me just fine. Cost of software was exactly zero and I can even change the things I don't like by recompiling them. There is a learning curve but it's not much worse than going from OS 9 to OS 10. Yeah. My 32 years of experience with UNIX helps. If your art work takes you to the world wide web you will need to leave OS 9 behind. That link I typed in causes iCab to crash and iCab still remains the best browser for OS 9, but it isn't good enough for "modern" web pages. Firefox on Linux is fine. And I almost forgot. The Linux box talks to my SE/30 just fine with FTP. OS 10.4 and above can talk to it one way only unless you buy software or write your own. -- --> A fair tax is one that you pay but I don't <-- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
