Well, the Beige G3 MT should be grouped in there with the 8600/9600 too! :-)
Despite the outside looks of the B&W G3 and G4, you have to hand it to the industrial design of the case internals. Now THAT's an easy case to get into!!! Nothing is easier than pulling the lever. Even on the late model minitower cases there was more than 1 step to getting inside the case - pull off the side panel, unlatch the drive bay compartment, fold over. With the El Capitan case, all you have to do is pull one handle and the mobo, PCI slots, and RAM slots are there in all their naked glory right in front of you. The drive bays are equally accessible. Granted, it's not quite as expandible as the 9600, but if Apple ever decided to make a 6 slot Mac again, it would be an easy case to stretch (but would admittedly look pretty silly on the outside). To answer the original question (sort of), I would go for a beige G3 if I could. The best of both worlds - plenty of legacy support, but lots of cheap and easy standard component upgrades (takes PC66/100/133 RAM, ZIF CPU, IDE disks, etc). It _is_ short 3 PCI slots over the 9x00 though... It does have semi-official OS X support though. Peace, Drew ----- Original Message ----- As a 9600 owner, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it. And the 8600/9600 has the best case to date, IMHO. Especially if you don't want something that looks like it suffers from radiation poisoning. ;) -- Having graduated (with a physics BS :-P), I will be using the email address <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Please update your address book. <http://homepage.mac.com/alk/> "Anyone can fly, all you have to do is throw yourself at the ground and miss." -Douglas Adams, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
