I would actually suggest doing the G4 upgrade BEFORE installing OS X. I'm not sure how accepting OS X will be to boot up and find a G4 CPU instead of the G3 it shut down with. On real Unix systems, I've seen this type of a processor swap cause a kernel panic during boot-up, a really bad thing with a couple of hundred users coming in shortly and expecting to work!
>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? -- Mr. PopMan - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "Does anybody want to play a game of pinball?" It is a wealthy person, indeed, who calculates riches not in gold but in friends. Jim Stovall-The Ultimate Gift -- 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
