Great question, have been shy to ask, i allso have a revB, 9.1 and 288Mb with the original hard drive 4Gb. and would like to jump to X, what is the version recomended? and for all the experts, do i have the HW to do so, mi primordial use is internet and word procesing.
> From: Will Jacocks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (iMac List) > Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 19:39:29 -0500 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (iMac List) > Subject: Re: OS X on iMac rev B (G3 233Mhz) > > Well, my comments are this. I have a Rev A with 256 rams, and latest X > (1.5). I am not disappointed with the speed any at all. I do plan to get > the harmoni upgrade as soon as I can so I can have the firewire > capability. The speed there would be just a bonus. > > Will > On Wednesday, July 24, 2002, at 07:17 AM, Steve Sobek 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. >> > > > -- > 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 > > -- 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
