Hi all. I have a G3 400MHz/1GB Ram and I am amazed by the difference in performance from Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X 10.3! I have not installed Mac OS X 10.4 yet because I do not know if my Ati Rage 128 Pro will be able to handle the 'more demanding' Mac OS X.
I think that you can also see lots of improvement using different Browsers. I have tried the Camino Browser and I think it is the best of them all! On Mac OS 9 try the Classila. Regarding YouTube, even at work on my iMac i5 2.5GHz it freezes till all the video is downloaded and after I hit refresh it plays flawlessly. On some low quality (smaller in MB) videos it runs perfectly. I think that YouTube pushing for better quality videos/higher resolution, have slowed down the system. Here is a video of my beautiful and beloved PowerMac G3 http://youtu.be/0RIpT0_lqmk Let me know if the Camino works better for you. Good luck! On Mar 2, 2012, at 7:36 AM, john wrote: > Hi, I'm quite satisfied with my Smurf, except for the video. I just > replaced the 8mb card with a 32mb radeon. Disappointed that youtube > videos are still spotty and halting. Would 50 bucks for a 128 card > solve the problem? I know upgrading the whole works might be > reasonably affordable, but kinda like the Smurf for the time being. > Oh, while I'm thinking of it, can someone tell me if 128 is the max > for It? > Thanks, John > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power > Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
