HEY, I just purchased a revision D and hope to go that way. Send me ANY data you can, I have a 40 gig HD READY for the " buubery" and will upgrad ethe RAM ( all machines I have are in the 512 meg range). The upgrade of processors will have to wait though. I want to go to the carribean this winter!!!!!!!! --- Steve Sobek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I also have a Rev. B and made the jump. But, I have > the Sonnet 500 Mhz > Harmoni upgrade, which I have found, at least on my > system, to be flawless, > by the way. I ran X before about two weeks before > I got the card and I > will tell you this (others may disagree here, don't > know), but I'd say > that unless you are planning such an upgrade, I > would not do X. Things > were very sluggish indeed for those two weeks. > Things get a little > sluggish here and there now w/ the 500, but not very > often. I have no > complaints now w/the Sonnet though. One of the > latest updates (10.1.4? 10. > 1.5? Can't remember) actually added QuickTime > support for our ATI video > cards (if you have the model with 6 mb VRAM), so my > main complaint early > on, that QT movies played like a hand-cranked > projector, has been taken > care of. > > Also, if you do do it, max out that RAM as far as it > will go. I have 256 > mb modules in both the upper and lower slots (for a > total of 512), but it' > s my understanding that these early iMacs can be > touchy when it comes to > such expansions. You may have to experiment to see > if your machine will > actually take the RAM at all (which I suggest you > buy from Other World > Computing, by the way). Also, if you haven't > already, I'd upgrade the hard > disk, which is quite a project, because it entails > taking apart the whole > machine pretty much. I could direct you to resources > on that, if you > needed them. > > I hope that's not rambling too much, but to recap: > OS X w/out the upgrade > was too sluggish for me. With it, I've had no > complaints. > > -Steve Sobek > > > > > May be an old question but... I consider upgrading > my iMac rev B > > to OS X. Does anyone have done this and > happy/unhappy about > > hardware support, speed,... Any comment can be > made the right > > choice (stay 8.6 or go X)! > > > > > "It used to be a good hotel, but that proves > nothing- I used to be a good > boy." > -- Mark Twain > > Steve Sobek > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.unitedmac.com > > > -- > The iMac List is sponsored by > <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | > Refurbished Drives | > - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | > & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > iMac List info: > <http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! > http://www.applelinks.com >
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