>I'm about to try OSX on my beige G3/266, although I'm taking >chasd's advice about using fast disks (I scarfed the E2 SCSI >enclosure from my wife's old video system, a pair of fast 9GB >drives ought to help). The thing is, I've been bracing myself >for a slow system so much, I'll probably be happy if it runs >at all. ;-)
I have several SCSI cards 'cast off' from our video editing stations (all ATTO). No disk attached to any of them will boot OS X, but disks attached to the later model cards will mount after booting. I know my card doesn't work if I get a blank screen, then it swings to OS 9 after the install. I am due to replace some Adaptec cards soon, I'll see if they will allow booting. OS X is similar to other UNIX systems in that it tends to start many small utilities. For instance, if you print a web page, and choose Print Preview, it wil spawn 'Preview.app'. When you print, it will spawn 'Print Center.app'. Each time OS X starts up a program, the hard disk is accessed. If your disk is fast, the interactivity of starting these small pieces is better, and the overall feel of the OS seems snappier. As for performance, I like my iMac G3 600 MHz running 10.2 better than the 300 MHz RM5200 SGI O2 running IRIX 6.5.12 at work ;) If I was running Maya, I might switch that around. -- Charles Dostale System Administrator Silver Oaks Communications http://www.silveroaks.com 824 17th Street Moline IL USA 61265 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 309-797-9898 -- MaX-list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MaX-list info: <http://lowendmac.com/linux/max.shtml> 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/max-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
