Congrats on getting OSX to run on your S900! I've been running OSX since apox June 2000 on my J700. Went full time with OSX when jaguar arrived and haven't looked back. Rarely boot into OS 9 any more and don't use Classic though it runs surprisingly well. I just don't have any need for it.From: Alan Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 21:34:29 -0400 dan_A wrote:
Because of the painful experimentation and problem solving of adventurous people on this list, I finally got the confidence to install OSX on the S900... and now this great machine is humming away in 10.3.5, rock steady. I love it. It holds it's own in just about every application. It was worth the dollars and the effort.
That's great and I hope to try it when the s900 is 100% retired.
I chose the route of keeping mine as a very very stable OS 9.1 platform.
If I end up replacing the SCSI film scanner with a newer firewire version to run on our new machines, then I could maybe tinker with X in the s900.
However, I also chose to lumber along with the original 250/166 G3 card that shipped with it when I bought it new, so I may not be too keen on attempting running X and don't want to spend the money for a decent speed G4 card.
It served me well but at the end of six years I was getting bogged down and Photoshop CS screams for a DP G5.
Many or even most would make the jump to a G5 if price was no object. My upgraded over the years as needed has cost me less then a new machine. I am also really happy with what I have and it does all I need it to. The 250/166 G3 is not going to be a useful machine in OSX. Going from OS 9 to OSX you lose apox 50-75 MHz in usability / over all speed. IMHO a 350 MHz G3 (1mb L2 cache is best) is about the slowest usable CPU. A 300 G3 CPU will do( as long as it isn't a Sonnet) since nearly all of them can be over-clocked to 350MHz. I think it's important that people realize these machines continue to run the latest software and hardware. Sure there will be a time when it may no longer make sense to upgrade. But it will nearly always cost less to upgrade a bit at a time then buy a new machine. Even a person starting out can find really cheap bargains if they shop around. I am convinced the PCI Mac and clones are perhaps the best made and longest usable life of any machines made . Many of the machines made after will have shorter usable life spans. The CTR iMacs are pretty much end of life at this point. They are dieing from heat issues and need parts that cost more then the machines are worth. The special shapes and sizes needed means no PC parts are likely to fit other then hard disks . Based on my experience with Apple CTR's the displays are sure to be near end of life as well.I'm sure the same will be true of the Lamp iMac as well and perhaps the current iMac. Only the Power Mac line is likely to have much of a life span in the long run IMHO. Will S
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