Howie S wrote:
> on 8/16/02 7:44 PM, R.A. Cantrell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Haven't been paying attention (again). Will I have any luck trying
> > to run X.1.3 on an S900 with dual 200 mhz processors and 2 128 mg
> > ramsticks?
>
> If you have the original Matsushita CD drive and the original TwinTurbo
> video card then you probably would. But only one processor will be utilized,
> since there's no dual processor support in OS X running on legacy Macs. And
> 256 mb's of RAM is a worthy amount for OS X, although the more the better.
>
> Also, and I don't mean to sound negative... in my opinion, running OS X on a
> 604e processor is not worth the effort. A G3/300 or better is more
> reasonable, but even on my G3/350 X is a bit of a dog. A usable dog, but a
> pooch none the less.
Just curious, how come OS X is such a hog? Linux on a 604 is a very acceptable
solution. And Os X is a modified, optimized (?) Mach kernel, so how come its
so slow?
>
>
> My advice, if it's your main machine, don't bother until you add a processor
> upgrade, preferably a G4. If it isn't your main machine, and you like
> mucking about and trying new things, go for it. But expect to be booted into
> OS 9 most of the time because of the speed difference.
>
> -Howie
>
Will OS 9 be faster than 8.6?
>
>
Thanks
Bolton
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