On Wednesday, February 12, 2003, at 08:19 PM, Stacy J. Dunkle wrote: > > Now, my next question. This pertains to running OS X on my future G4 > 800mhz upgraded 9600... ....also my weapon of choice...... > > My previous OS X experience was with a 400mhz G3 iMac, with 256MB RAM. > It did the job, with a little slowness in some spots, but it was very > usable. A little more ram would have helped some. If you were using 10.1, that's a big part of the reason. I had tried it on a 400mHz G3 as well..... :P > > What I'm curious about it, given the 50mhz system bus bottleneck on > the 9600, how will the upgraded 9600 running OS X perform compared to > the above mentioned iMac I used previously? (I plan to have at least > 256MB RAM in the 9600, maybe more.) More is better. I'm running over a gig on this 9600/G4/800 with Jag and 9.2.2 and Jaguar is smooooooth...... > > Oh, one other question; I understand that additional software is > needed to get OS X to install on an upgraded 9600. Is there free > software available for this, or is it better to just pay Sonnet the > money for their software made for this purpose? You won't need to pay Sonnet a dime. You will need XPostFacto and OS9 helper, tho..... Free on Otherworldcomputing's website and OS9forever's site. -- Tim 1st/pci powermacs list nanny [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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