On Saturday, Oct 26, 2002, at 15:30 Canada/Eastern, (Unsupported OS X) wrote:
> I think I have found the key to why Apple pulled OS X off of pre-G3 > systems. In my mind it was primarily because of the graphics hardware, > and then maybe the CPU speed/type. > > My reasoning? Read the following and decide..... > > Having put a Radeon 7000 in my G3/400 to use with Jaguar and QE, I put > the old Rage 128 (100Mhz v2 card) in my 7300 as it runs OS X to file > serve for one of our (less used) networks. I have used it without the > Rage 128 but with 4MB VRAM in it before now and it was, frankly, hell, > everything was so slow and took so long to run and load. Now however it > seems like weight has been lifted off it. It's only a 200MHz 604e so I > generally don't expect miracles from it but I think I have just > experienced one here. It's a very usable machine now, 10.1.5 is not > exactly fast but it is more than adequate for light use it gets when > I'm admining it (almost to the extent that it is much nicer than using > Remote Desktop). I could even bear using it as an email and browsing > station (although IE runs slowly but it does in my G3 too). > > I think I have struck upon Apple's reasoning. I can also, however, > given the extra CPU load, see why they disabled 604 support in 10.2 > Jaguar, but they might at least have given us the option of finding out > :(. > > I wish I could try this on a 9600/350, I could see it being extremely > tidy, on a par at least with a Beige G3. > > -- > Mark Benson > Sounds reasonable to me, I first had a beta of X running on a 180Mhz 604 and it was quite slow. In addition, supporting every piece of of hardware out the would give us a problem that Windows is still facing. Apple, in setting the hardware standards to grow from made the tasks easier for themselves and hardware companies to focus on a smaller base. Software is still a question, I'm not a developer so I don't have that perspective. It does appear to me that the Apple // (E, C, etc.) environment has reappeared and will allow richer applications to give more choice to the user. -- 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> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
