On Thursday, December 15, 2005, at 11:18AM, Rob Rait <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I seem to have acquired a DVD containing an 'evaluation' copy of Tiger >from a colleague. Now I'm going to have to rip the DVD-ROM out of the >PC and stick it in the Mac... Check here: http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/drivedb/search.drivedb.lasso Not all generic drives boot B&W G3s. I tried a DVD-RW DL drive in mine a while back with no luck. >I'll give this a go whilst I'm off over Xmas and see how (in)tolerable >it is - the extra RAM in this box should be enough to give it a >fighting chance of running at a reasonable pace. Should do. As long as you don't try anything nastily CPU intensive, or to run more than 3 or 4 apps at once, it should be fine. >My main reason for getting the Mac is to use a my primary >Internet-facing machine. Yes. This is one driving reason why the platform has seen such a resurgence of interest in the last 3 years. Some people are sick of the baggage that comes with Windows. That's more or less what drove me to switch. >It looks as if I'll be able to turn off the bells and whistles that I >don't want in X Yes for all the useless eye candy in 10.4 I have to say most of it can be disabled if you aren't afraid of a command line. >I'll be able to run Firefox/Thunderbird which are >absolute essentials for me (which is why I am looking at Linux). I'm >using Google Mail for this forum 'cos I can get to it whilst I'm at >work <G>. Give the built in Mail and Safari (Apple OS X browser) apps a blast before you jump to use Firefox or Thunderbird. Firefox and Safari are roughly on a par, but Mail is a very powerful and usable e-Mail app and it's more mature and stable than Thunderbird (I use TB 1.0.7 at work and find it's ok but the search feature isn't that great and it crashes occasionalyl on me). >The SCSI card is whatever Apple shoved in it when it was new - it's >got the thin 50-pin connector at the back. The SCSI discs are IBM >models. Use the IDE and get a new fast drive. The 50-pin SCSI card is not worth much in terms of speed in this day and age. >The machine came with a Formac GA 12 graphics card, but unfortunately >no drivers Found the drivers here: http://www.formac.co.uk/html/support/drivers.htm >I understand that there's no OSX >support for this card, so I may have to invest in something else. Radeon 7000 is a sound investment. They are good and speedy in OS X, even considering they are PCI. >I'll have a browse through the IDE controller notes as suggested to >find out which one I've got. The machine's about 4 years old (the >driver CD for the mouse has "Fall 2002" printed on it) and the seller >told me that he bought the box, keyboard and mouse at the same time, >so hopefully it'll be the Rev 2 version. They stopped selling them in late 1999/early 2000 so he may have not bought it new. The machine is at least 6 years old. That said there's no reason to cry over it - they are beutifully made computers and Apple's support is a miniumum of 7 years on all hardware (note that does *not* guarantee that the newest OS will work on it, only that Apple continue to support the hardware). >Many thanks for the advice/guidance offered so far, I'm learning fast >but something like this is an invaluable resource. I've been through the same as you. My second Mac was a B&W G3 Rev. 1. I now use a Rev.2 which has been somewhat supercharged. I know them from the floor upwards, and love em. -- Mark Benson http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.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/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
