At 10:21 AM -0400 2002/10/01, Pat Szkarlat wrote:
> I've been re-thinking my decision to put Yellow Dog Linux on the beige
> G3 I'm getting. A friend told me YDL is optimized for G3's post beige
> G3s and that it may not run it very nicely at all.
Hmm. Could be. I'm not familiar with YDL, so I couldn't say.
Have you checked the website?
> And the same friend who is giving the beige G3 to me may also be
> selling his powerbook pismo! I've always wanted one of those!
Cool!
> So I'm stuck with this: should I get the beige G3 and try it ANYWAY?
>
> OR, back up everything on my computer (which won't be hard. I did that
> before I did an erase and install of Jaguar) and install YDL on my iMac?
IMO, YDL on the iMac is a waste of the iMac. Personally, I
believe that you should run YDL on older machines which can't
reasonably support the latest stable version of the OS.
> Or somehow, get the powerbook? My friend said he'd give me a good deal
> on it. But remember, I'm Canadian, so this will be Canadian funds ---
> American. Damn exchange rates.
The pismo is still considered by many to be the best laptop that
has been made in the last five years. It's fast enough for MacOS X
(I run it myself), the RAM, hard drive, and CPU are easily expandable
by technically inclined users (the PowerBook G4 is a bitch to upgrade
if you have to take the back off, and don't even bother trying to
upgrade an iBook), has a good display, support for integrated AirPort
card, CardBus slot, removable bays allowing you to swap your
CD/DVD-ROM drive for a floppy, second hard drive, second battery,
etc....
The PowerBook G4 is faster, has more video RAM, better display,
etc... but it still has a hard time overcoming the legacy of the
Pismo.
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