6 Jan
2007
6 Jan
'07
8:26 p.m.
At 9:51 AM -0800 1/6/07, Chuck Guzis wrote:
I picked up another Mac yesterday--a beige 300 Mhz G3
with 256MB,
and a 15 GB hard disk. It's also got a USB adapter plugged into one
of the PCI slots. It's running OS 9.something. Set me back $20.
Were Zip drives a standard part of these things?
That's probably about the model before my G4/450 AGP. If so a Zip
drive could have been standard. Does it have a faceplate that
matches the rest of the system?
On a side-by-side with a Win2K P1 225MHz system with
the same amount
of memory, I think the WIndoze box has snappier response and has
better video.
If this is the case there might be some sort of software problem with
that Mac. A badly configured Mac could very well be having issues,
but a well configured one should seem pretty snappy. Might also need
the HD defragged. Though Mac OS 9 can be pretty sluggish on a G3.
For you Mac addicts, what do you think should be my
next step in
getting the most out of this box?
You could run Mac OS X on it, but that would likely be painful,
especially with only 256MB. If you have the needed disks, I'd
consider wiping the drive and putting either Mac OS 8.6 or 9.2 on
there. Of course if you want to be able to surf from this system,
Mac OS X is pretty much a requirement. There is no modern web
browser for Mac OS 9.
I don't care for the Mac monitor that came with
it--has anyone tried
hooking up a fixed-frequency SOG workstation monitor to it? I've got
a nice HP/Sony model that might be a candidate.
Possibly, but I have my doubts. How hard would it be to hook that
monitor up to a PC? That's about how hard it will be to hook it up
to the Mac.
Zane
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