>Frankly, so? If it bugs you that much, why waste time? I'm with Cameron, lets's talk about computers for awhile. We just got over that whole thing with the guy that was all over Kyle Hansen a few weeks ago. Anyway, I am the very proud ownder of a 9600/350 (304MB/17GB/24x/Zip/MacOS9.1/LinuxPPC/WTF) and I wonder who has an opinion about some upgrades I'd like to do... ;) 1)I'd like a new video card, the stock TwinTurbo (4MB?) seems a little old for such a nice machine. Who likes what? I'm leaning towards ATI Radeon, because I like sweet things, but I'm not wealthy. 2)I might go for an XLR8 upgrade, although I'll be very very sorry to see the 350MHz Mach V 604e go... Which processor do you folks think gives me the most bang for my buck (within the XLR8 family)? I'm not a photoshop guy, I'd just like the OSX option, really. Also, is anybody using one of these upgrades with LinuxPPX (Kernel 2.2x)? I have only used Sonnet upgrades in the past, and I don't see how it would work right in Linux (read: without drivers). Will the XLR8 be better (or is there something I'm missing about the Sonnet)? If I can't run LinuxPPC in a reasonable fashion with the upgrade, I'll probably buy a used iMac for OSX, and keep 9.x/Linux on the 9600, keeping the 604ev. If I may praise the Mac for awhile, I sould love to share how sweet I think it is that the 9600 has 12 DIMM slots, and 6 PCI, along with built-in SCSI, ethernet, and the "Fantastic Easy-Open/Roll-Out Case". Just for the sake of argument, how do you think this machine would compare with a new iBook 500 in terms of performance (other stuff aside) if I bought a 500MHz G3 upgrade, vid card and USB/Firewire card for it? I realize that I have only a 50MHz bus, but the iBook just has a 66MHz bus (i think), so that's not an extraordinary difference. Anyway, I'm just soliciting opinions, and wanting to calk Macs instead of politics. Anybody feel the urge to sound off about their favorite model of PCI PowerMac, and why it's the sweetest? Have a good day Dave Cooley -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 740 Printers refurbished $79 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Save on Mac software -- Shop Software Outlet.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/software.outlet.html> Star Wars Complete Collection on Video CD - $32.97 Back to the Future Collection on Video CD - $15.97 EurekaMovies.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/eureka.html> - - - - - PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
