Mark, In my experience I've had great difficulty getting my Umax SuperMacS900 to run MacOSX relaibly. Installing MacOSX was easy enough but the issue was reliability.
The story is much different as a far as a BeigeG3, but eve these machines are on the border of a supported config for MacOSX. I certainly did not have an issue with reliability on the BeigeG3 however. I do think that if you had the time and patience to iron out issues related to getting a legacy machine to run MacOSX I think it may be possible to have a reliable machine. The other thing is the cost factor. In my situation I believe that my stability issues had to do with my RAM and my Powerlogix Carrier ZIF card. I did not feel it would be wise to invest money in legacy RAM and the purchase of a new PCI G4 card. If the option is open to you I would recommend a BeigeG3 over upgrading a PCI PowerMac. I have a lot of nostalgia for the PCI Macs, I have four of them. I I cannot recommend upgrading a PCI PowerMac especially if your intention is to run MacOSX. On Saturday, March 1, 2003, at 08:01 PM, mark wrote: > I've seen people mention that theres a limit of a G4/400 or G3/800 on > a G3 > model. But you can get a G4/800 for a PCI PowerPC. How so? Does this > limitation mean that something like a 9500 is a better cheap Mac than > a G3 > for future upgrades? Especially if you intend putting OSX on it? > > -- > 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:[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 > > -- 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:[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
