Hi Mark, I think having fun with your computer of choice is apart of the joy of computing. All my friends wonder why I still like MacOS 8.6 to run Harpoon and F/A-18 Hornet flight Sim games. Well it's cause they are still viable for doing everything I need, but surfing on multimedia-driven websites. My last good computer was a Umax S-900 200/384Ram, it had space for 4 hard drives and had a huge upgrade path. I gave it away when I acquired a IBM Clone P4 1.4Ghz WinXP system. (what was I thinking?)I was miserable for 3 years after with Windows glitches and crashes. All the money I spent on applications was crazy. So now, I'm back with the Macs for screenwriting and image editing. Who needs a 1 Ghz system for that? No One. Hey, why buy new when you don't need to. That's why I'm still with older Macs.
Always, Wayne -----Original Message----- From: Unsupported OS X [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 12:13 PM To: Unsupported OS X Subject: Re: OS X on an 8600 $800? Hmm, you made me think. So I totaled up my actual costs. Including shipping, it breaks down to: Sonett G4/800 $352.94 Maxtor 80G Hard Drive 70.96 Tempo Trio 138.35 Radeon 7000 42.83 Memory 139.96 So, $745.04, not quite $800. But 2 things: I have not spent 1 dime on computer hardware over the past 5 years. This 8600 was a hand-me-down from my wife when we bought her a dual-processor G4-Sawtooth in 2000. So, my cost per year (up to now) on this computer is $149.01. I believe this set-up is now good until we can afford a dual-processor Intel-based Mac for my wife, at which point I will most likely end up with her old (now upgraded to dual-processor 1.4G) Sawtooth. 3-5 years, possibly. Secondly: Yeah, it's a 50mhz bus. And I see there is a Sawtooth with a 1g G4 upgrade on ebay right now with a Buy It Now price of $625. With no bids, it could probably be had for less. It does not have SCSI support, so I would have to get a card for that, or a new scanner. It does not have analogue A/V inputs, so I would need a USB adapter for that. I guess it's a wash. This 8600 is doing all I need for now, and more than I ever would have imagined. Oh, and I really *did* have fun getting all this old stuff to work. You're right about that! In defense of antiques, Mark in Westminster Wayne wrote: >From: "Wayne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: OS X on an 8600 >Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 22:45:08 -0400 > >Thanks Mark [in Westminster]! > >Though you made things run easily on your 8600/800 G4, I am hard pressed to >invest $800 worth of upgrades to get that old 50Mhz system bus Mac. Thanks >for teh confidence build - it must have been fun. > >Wayne > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Unsupported OS X" <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 12:34 AM >Subject: Re: OS X on an 8600 > > > > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>I am running OS X 10.3.8 on a (formerly) 8600/250 as I'm tapping this in. >>KICKS A**!! (I say formerly 'cuz I *did* get the Sonnet G4/800. Also >>running Tempo Trio, Radeon 7000/32, and a Maxtor 80G IDE hard drive. I'm >>also pumped up to 800 meg of memory.) It's been fast, stable and reliable >>for the past 3-mos; not a crash to report. I have iLife '05 loaded (sans >>Garage Band. Just don't need it....), and burn dvd's on a Pioneer DVR-S606 >>(the encased version of their DVR-106). The audio and video ports work, >>though I have to run OS 9.2.2 to input my old non-digital stuff because it >>seems the programs I'm using written for OS X assume one does not have >>these analog inputs. Ditto for my old SCSI scanner. >> >>I won't say it went on easy. However, most of my problems involved a >>learning curve for me. And heat problems with the CPU. (After two bum >>fans from Sonnet, I scavanged a couple of well-used but still running CPU >>fans from some discarded Pentium-based machines, and all my crashing >>ended.) Now that I know what to do and how to do it, it would be snap, >>relatively, should I ever have to do it again. My only real issue is I >>can't get the dvd burner to be recognized on Tempo Trio's USB 2.0 port. >>Firewire? No problem. >> >>Now, I'm seriously considering the jump to Tiger.... >> >>Mark in Westminster -- 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
