Re: OS X Runs Fine On iMac 233 Rev A

[Travis Martin]

The reason that I have so many G3's is that, well...they're so dang 
CHEAP! But that means that I can let one (actually three in my case) be 
dedicated to the playing of music; this allows the others to be 
completely free of that task and thus never get bogged down as you 
describe. Since I do 90% of my surfing and email on my clamshell iBook, 
and it is on the network by way of Airport, I don't have to wag an 
audio cable around either. I control the G3's with Timbuktu from the 
iBook; their audio outputs are direct to power amps/speakers in a 
couple of rooms. 10.2.6 and iTunes 4 on everything means any computer 
on my network can play any other computer's music library...this allows 
me to keep doowop on one and classical on the other (they don't mix 
well...) but yet play whichever suits my mood from whichever room I'm 
in. It's decadent...

And the whole shebang cost less than a G4...

Travis

On Thursday, October 9, 2003, at 01:52 AM, Mark Benson wrote:

I'd concur totally with that. I only bought a G4/800 iMac because I do 
odd bits of heavyweight graphics work in Photoshop and Illustrator. My 
B&W G3 is absolutely fine for e-mail and surfing and even Office v.X 
(if I remember to upgrade to Office 10.1.5!). I found MP3 playing, and 
especially AAC playing (MPEG4) in iTunes did hammer the CPU a bit 
though - I couldn't reallly play music and use Office.

--
Mark Benson


--
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/>
---------------------------------------------------------------
The Think Different Store
http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com
---------------------------------------------------------------