B&W G3's are also the last of the ADB equipped macs, so if you have a bunch of adb stuff you still want to use (drawing tablets etc) then a B&W G3 is nice to have around.
On Oct 23, 1:49 pm, Peter Haas <[email protected]> wrote: > On Oct 23, 2010, at 9:41 AM, smac0031 wrote: > > > I've seen references to smurphs before. I have no idea what they are. > > Smurfs, NOT smurphs, the cartoon character, are blue and white. > > Smurfs, the G3 PowerMac, are also blue and white. > > For quite a while Smurfs were among the most affordable PowerMacs. > These can be upgraded to G4, using a hacked MacOS ROM procedure. > > Alas, even Gigabit Ethernets are now exceptionally cheap, and there > is probably no reason to go with the 10/100 Blue & White G3 or the > 10/100 slate G4s as the 10/100/1000 slate G4s and the 10/100/1000 > silver G4s are now quite affordable. > > One negative is all of those mentioned have a very poor-performing > USB system, and installing a 2.0/1.1 USB PCI card can be very useful. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
