> I have a 400 MHz G3 upgrade card in my 9600. 10.1.x was too slow to
> use, 10.2 is usable (but still not OS 9.x-like snappy-ness).
>
> I had 10.1.x on my 600 MHz G3 iMac at home, I didn't use it much.
> After I installed 10.2, I had been using it for a few minutes, then
> stopped. It was the first time I hadn't made a note of how slow OS X
> seemed.
Does anyone else find it interesting how people's perception
of performance (ppp!) can vary so wildly? I find 10.1.x to be
acceptable on an early slot-loading iMac (350MHz, approaching
its second birthday), although I admit I use it mainly for IM
(Fire), console apps, and updating software -- but the kids
don't complain about the speed either, and they're the ones
using it most.
I'm about to try OSX on my beige G3/266, although I'm taking
chasd's advice about using fast disks (I scarfed the E2 SCSI
enclosure from my wife's old video system, a pair of fast 9GB
drives ought to help). The thing is, I've been bracing myself
for a slow system so much, I'll probably be happy if it runs
at all. ;-)
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