On Monday, July 15, 2002, at 01:53 PM, Carl Sheperd wrote:
> I would like to purchase the new Crescendo/PCI G4 PCI card for my Power > Computing PowerBase 200. I read in the August issue of MacHome > magazine, p.20, "Yesteryear" about upgrading a Mac 6400 and with the > maximum RAM being just barely enough to run system OSX. Does this mean > that even if I upgrade with this new card that I won't be able to run > any programs after I get it started up? I have my PowerBase 200 maxed > out with RAM now. I spent some bucks upgrading my modem from 28 to 56K > only to discover that my land line won't give me more than 26.4K so it > was a waste. I don't want to waste $400 if it won't do me any good. The old Power Computing specs say the PowerBase 200 was a maximum 160 mb of RAM. I expect OS X would run but the performance would be somewhat reduced? We loaded it on a 64 mb iMac just for grins and it ran like someone had molasses in the works. It's RAM hungry. 256 mb seems to be the lower limit for decent performance and there isn't and upper limit. > Its my understanding OSX is more problematic on Power Computing Machines > than Macs. I have run OSX on 7500 AVs and various others; never without > problems. I can't speak for others but it runs very well on a PowerTowerPro with G3/400 upgrade card. It's HD size fussy and it's RAM happy, but if you satisfy those needs it runs well. It's faster on my old Power Computing box with XpOSFacto, than on my Daughters iMac with all official Apple versions. Both machijes using 10.1.5 and plenty of RAM. Just my experience. Your mileage may vary. Jack Russell -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
