--- I'd say the 9600 because of available no.of PCI
slots and ram slots. I bought an 8600 because it takes
up less space(tower), not to mention built in Jaz and
Zip drive bays. The back has outlets for anything
video or audio in existence. With enough money, you
can turn this thing into top fuel dragster=1G g4
processor and over a gig of ram. Oh yea-I paid 45
dollars for this thing on ebay bare bones. The down
side-shipping was almost that much.
James Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> on 6-19-04 5:05 PM, David Elmo at
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > OK, I am being a bit horrible because I have
> always been a bit jealous of
> > the 9600 owners.
>
> Jealousy rears its ugly head again, hey?
>
> [James The Haughty 9600 Owner puts hands on hips,
> puffs out chest, assumes
> pompous-a** "superior"-pose, roars with laughter]
>
> Ah, yes! You poor 7x00 box owners... [shakes head
> sadly]
>
> >But these are the thoughts I have consoled myself
> with.
>
> Seriously, though, I empathize strongly with that
> "consoling" process. I
> picked up my 9600 box because, well, it was about
> all I could afford at the
> time. I'm currently kicking myself for not picking
> up an old G3 instead.
> The only trouble is...I had no idea that G3's were
> (relatively) inexpensive
> 'til I got educated on the PCI PowerMacs/LEM Swap
> lists...which I couldn't
> have done without the 9600 box in the first place
> [sigh].
>
> It seems no matter what you buy, there's always
> something better around the
> corner. Computers strike me as being an even worse
> investment than cars as
> far as losing their dollar value so quickly.
>
> >And I have had a lot of fun with my 7300 and 7600
> ... (but geez, they have been
> > great workhorses too)
>
> Every day I find myself shaking my head in amazement
> and wonder at what the
> people on this list can squeeze out of some of these
> old boxes. It is
> *truly* humbling...
>
> {Sidebar: In my wanderings today, I found someone
> using a Mac Plus as a web
> server using _nothing but floppies_:
>
> http://aurejac.dyndns.org/
>
> Um, I think we can all agree that this person is
> slightly insane for doing
> this. However, I was slightly disappointed to learn
> that he has to use
> *two* floppy drives, rather than just the one
> internal. I'd sell my mother
> to the Khmer Rouge to find a web server that could
> run off of just *one*
> floppy! [laughs]
>
> Sidebar Ends}
>
> Anyway...
>
> David, you raised some very good points in your
> reply. I think that asking
> anyone to recommend the "best" of anything is tricky
> because personal
> choices are so, well, _personal_. My own vote for
> the "best" PCI Mac is for
> the one that allows you to do what you want/need to
> do hassle-free and at
> the lowest cost.
>
> [The second part is my Scottish ancestry talking,
> I'm afraid...]
>
>
> Best,
>
> James Fraser
>
>
>
>
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