I also have a Rev. B and made the jump. But, I have the Sonnet 500 Mhz Harmoni upgrade, which I have found, at least on my system, to be flawless, by the way. I ran X before about two weeks before I got the card and I will tell you this (others may disagree here, don't know), but I'd say that unless you are planning such an upgrade, I would not do X. Things were very sluggish indeed for those two weeks. Things get a little sluggish here and there now w/ the 500, but not very often. I have no complaints now w/the Sonnet though. One of the latest updates (10.1.4? 10. 1.5? Can't remember) actually added QuickTime support for our ATI video cards (if you have the model with 6 mb VRAM), so my main complaint early on, that QT movies played like a hand-cranked projector, has been taken care of.
Also, if you do do it, max out that RAM as far as it will go. I have 256 mb modules in both the upper and lower slots (for a total of 512), but it' s my understanding that these early iMacs can be touchy when it comes to such expansions. You may have to experiment to see if your machine will actually take the RAM at all (which I suggest you buy from Other World Computing, by the way). Also, if you haven't already, I'd upgrade the hard disk, which is quite a project, because it entails taking apart the whole machine pretty much. I could direct you to resources on that, if you needed them. I hope that's not rambling too much, but to recap: OS X w/out the upgrade was too sluggish for me. With it, I've had no complaints. -Steve Sobek > > May be an old question but... I consider upgrading my iMac rev B > to OS X. Does anyone have done this and happy/unhappy about > hardware support, speed,... Any comment can be made the right > choice (stay 8.6 or go X)! > > "It used to be a good hotel, but that proves nothing- I used to be a good boy." -- Mark Twain Steve Sobek [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.unitedmac.com -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> 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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
