>On Wednesday, August 14, 2002, at 01:31 PM, Craig Rodgers wrote: > >> I wouldn't bother with OS X based on your mothers needs, OS 9.1, or >> even 8.6 will run much better on a 233, even if you clock it up to >> 300Mhz OS X will still be slow. I have a 333Mhz beige with a Rage 128 >> Pro video card and an ATA/66 card, and OS X, while usable, is much >> much less responsive than OS 9.1. >> > >while it ain't a Beige G3, my experience with an original bondiblue iMac >233 with all of 96mb ram tell me that this just ain't so. The 233 with >10.1.5 never ran faster or better under any of the installed classic >OSs(8-9.2), and it never crashes!
I agree that OS X is a wonderfull OS, but the speed hit is there, and I won't be using it as my main OS until the G4 550 ZIF I'm about to order arives. I suppose it depends on what you do with it, it's fine for email, web, word processing on a low end G3, but anything more than that and you have a performance hit. Craig -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> 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/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
