Re: HELP!!! Beige PowerMac G3

2009-10-26 Thread Joss
No No - I don't actually know what's in the G3 box because I still haven't had it running - which is why I decided to ask questions here. I finally got going on Mac last January with a 1.33 Mac Mini which freed me from the misery of Microsoft Virus Land. The G3 would be whatever the normal

Re: HELP!!! Beige PowerMac G3

2009-10-26 Thread Joss
It's interesting you say that about OS X because I can remember when I first got the (still unused G3) diehard Mac users who had done everything anyone can imagine with their G3 running OS9 absolutely did not want anything to do with OS10 and I actually thought I'd be much better off with OS9

Re: HELP!!! Beige PowerMac G3

2009-10-26 Thread Joss
Sorry I'm not sure if I replied to you correctly. It is not 2.33 - It's 1.33 and that's the Mini. The G3 is a different computer. My post was extremely long and probably confusing. I got the G3 years ago and have never had it running and I got a Mac Mini 1.33 last January and am very happy with

Re: HELP!!! Beige PowerMac G3

2009-10-26 Thread Joss
Thanks for all that information. Now I know that it was just as well I didn't get the keyboard plugged in yet. If I'd gone through all that I would have definitely given up by now and junked it. All the Configuration frustrations I went through with PCs and Microsoft baloney burnt out that part

Re: HELP!!! Beige PowerMac G3

2009-10-26 Thread Richard Gerome
have to have over 700... A G4 would prob work best with 500??? Let me know how things go??? CoolKat -Original Message- From: Joss jossa...@gmail.com Sent: Oct 26, 2009 5:26 AM To: G-Group g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: HELP!!! Beige PowerMac G3 Sorry I'm not sure if I

Re: HELP!!! Beige PowerMac G3

2009-10-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Oct 26, 2009, at 2:17 AM, Joss wrote: It's interesting you say that about OS X because I can remember when I first got the (still unused G3) diehard Mac users who had done everything anyone can imagine with their G3 running OS9 absolutely did not want anything to do with OS10 and I

Re: HELP!!! Beige PowerMac G3

2009-10-25 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 25, 2009, at 4:29 AM, Joss wrote: Please HELP!!! The Beige PowerMac G3 is still useable, but probably a little too slow and too expensive to upgrade to make the effort worthwhile. It's one of the toughest, with a lot of small quirks related to power supply, voltage regulator,

Re: HELP!!! Beige PowerMac G3

2009-10-25 Thread Miguel Garcia Gell
*this people can maybe can help with almost any upgrade...choose your model in http://www.macupgrades.co.uk/store/* On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 5:29 AM, Joss jossa...@gmail.com wrote: I've had this PowerMac G3 for several years unused because first I couldn't plug in the monitor and it was very

Re: HELP!!! Beige PowerMac G3

2009-10-25 Thread Richard Gerome
Keep it and get it going!!! I would take an old Apple over a brand new PC running any Windows OS... Am I reading this right? It's 2.33ghz processer??? Or is this the ram (mb)??? What does it stand for??? I don't know anything about the Mini??? What version of OS10 is it running??? In