My venerable 7600 is quite tricked out (2 internal and 4 external hard disks - 160GB total, external CD-RW, two Orb drives, Zip 250, two PCI-to-SCSI adapters, 672MB of RAM and a Sonnet G3/500 CPU). It runs 9.1 pretty well and I plan on trying 10.1.5 as soon as I complete some disk partition re-configuration (I've got a couple of dozen volumes on my desktop) to make a large partition for OS X and to change the size of the current system (9.1) partition.
Two questions remain. I see that Sonnet has announced a new G4 card for the PCI Powermacs - 800MHz! Now that upgrade is beginning to look interesting for later this summer AFTER the move to OS X is done on this system. So I will be interested in any reports of experience with this new card. The other question is about the video. I currently use the 7600 on-board video (4MB VRAM) and an Apple 1705 monitor. As I have a free PCI slot (for now), I'm considering adding a higher performance PCI-video card and wonder what I should go for. I understand this is particularly important for OS X as it will preform much better than on the on-board video. Any suggestions? -- = Dr. Frank J. Nagy [Applied Scientist] 630-840-4935 FAX: 840-6345 = Fermilab Computing Division/Data Communications Dept/Technology = [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alt: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- [EMAIL PROTECTED]) = Web site: http://home.fnal.gov/~nagy/ = USnail: Fermilab POB 500 MS/369 Batavia, IL 60510 -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
