9.1 runs quite happily on my 5500, even though it's only got stock 32mb RAM, but i prefer 8.6.
the best things i'd like for my mac are 2 64mb edo dimms and a g3 or g4 upgrade card. :) (and at present a new TV/FM Radio card as the TV coax aerial connector has snapped off and isn't really worth resoldering as the bit that goes from the coax to the actual bored is pretty much a lost cause. Dave. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Marlow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PCI PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 5:45 PM Subject: Re: [PCI] Pmac 5500/225 Upgrade Firstly, The G3 AIO is quite Rare in the UK on eBay... And giving that it's a black 5500 (something I didn�t know before) I'd prefer to keep that if it were me! The G3 AIO is a good model in that is has those 3 PCI's as opposed to the 5500's Single PCI and COMM-II capabilities. On some models it came with a ZIP drive as well which was an added bonus, however, it came in the normal beige ugly case and had no TV capabilities (3rd Party?) unlike the 5xxx series. One MAJOR advantage of the G3 AIO is the RAM ceiling is 768MB. It really depends what you're going to use it for... The PowerMac 5500 is a perfectly good Machine and I believe from the OS 9 series it isn't worth shelling out the money to upgrade it to G3 - It's performs perfectly well with 128MB RAM - if speed is was the issue perhaps you ought to upgrade to something a lot newer, like the later iMac G3's, which can be picked up for �250+. G3 AIO's are OK but you'll have a job to find a decent example on eBay UK, and for not much less than the iMacs they're not really as good value. Phil -- Visit http://www.macintoshcouncil.tk ! -iMac G4 17" 1Ghz, 512MB, 80GB, 10.3.2 -iMac G3 DV 400Mhz, 256MB, 10GB, 9.2.2 -PowerMac 5500/275 AIO, 96MB, 7GB, 8.6 -PowerMac 6500/275 DT, 64MB, 2GB, 9.0 -Workgroup Server 8550/180, 128MB, 2GB+4.5GB, 9.1 -LC III+ 33Mhz, 20MB, 160MB, 7.6.1 -PowerBook 140, 4MB, 40MB, 7.5.5 --- Intel Pentium III 1GHz, 384MB, 80GB, XP AMD Athlon XP 1800+ 1.53GHz, 256MB, 60GB, XP --- -- 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 -- 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
