On Tuesday, Sep 17, 2002, at 10:39 Canada/Eastern, (Unsupported OS X) wrote:
> Hello List, > I'm a PC User, but I want to switch to the Macintosh Platform, in the > beginning I wanted to buy a brand new G4 iMac, but now as searching > the classifieds, I found an excellent offer, or thats what I think it > is: > > It's a Mac 9600 > 128 Mb Ram > 4 Gb Stock HD and an additional SCSI HD with unknown size > Stock 15' Monitor > modem ISDN Sagem, which fits me, as I only have ISDN in my workplace > Apple Laser printer 300 > hub Ethernet 12 port > Price: 590 $ > > 1) Is it a fair price? > 2) What upgrades do I need to run Jaguar? > 3) Upgrades to run Jaguar with Quartz Extreme? > 4) Until now I always worked on a cheap 17" Monitor, do myou think the > 15" would be acceptable > 5) Running OS 9 or even 8 would I be able to run the iApplications, > which are one of the reasons for swichting to the Mac. I will > absolutely buy a USB/Firewire Adapter to connect my camera and > camcorder. > > Thank you! > Melchior Jean-Marc > 1) Too much for this system. 2) At least a 350Mhz G3 or perferably G4 upgrade card (for the 9600 look at Sonnet's cards for 6 slot machines), Rage Pro graphics card, 192 megs of memory is the least you need, 256 megs or more is better. If you want more/cheaper hard drive space or faster hard drives then you need a IDE PCI card. Acard has the best track record with these type of cards or if you prefer, Sonnet has a combo card with IDE, USB 2.0 and FireWire connectors/ports. 3) A Radeon for Mac or Radeon 7000 graphics card. 4) Monitor size depends on the resolutions you prefer... the best ones are 1024x768 on a 17" and 832x624 on a 15" monitor in my opinion. 5) Running System 9 would only give you iTunes, all the rest of the iApps are for Jaguar (System X). Cheers -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.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]> Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
