As far as OS I wouldn't recommend putting OSX unless you upgrade the processor to about 400 MHZ G3, and the RAM to 512. 384mb is marginal but probably ok. Some do run X on slower processors and are satisfied though. Some kids put X on 233 iMacs just so they can get tunes from the iTunes music store. Any other OS should work well. I have liked 8.6, 9.1 and 9.2 for my Macs. Almost all apps that run on 8 should run on 9. I put 9.1 on my college daughter's 233 bondi iMac and runs better than 8.6 did she says. > What does adding VRAM accomplish? I know it will let me go to more colors > and higher resolution. If I stick with fewer colors and lower resolution > will it speed up the video any? If you don't want to pay out for a video card at least put in the 4mg vram chip. Get one when you buy ram to save on shipping- they're cheap and easy to install. Even simple games will tend to run quicker and smoother. The 2 mb of vram onboard is really skimpy. > 400 MHz G3 ZIF chips seem pretty easy (and inexpensive) to come by. Is the > step up from 233MHz to 400 MHz worth it? There seems to be a big price jump > if you go above 400 MHz ZIF chips. I noticed the same thing on prices last yr and put a 400 zif in my Beige G3 to replace the 266 that was in there when I got it- overclocked it to 433, and it was a nice increase in performance. I sold the 266 zif on eBay and it was fairly inexpensive overall and definitely worth it. > Have I used up my allocation of questions? yes, for this week.
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