Brian Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any advice is greatly appreciated as I really want to give this Mac a > new lease of life! > > I would suggest a G3 B&W with a 900MHz G3 upgrade or a G4-500 upgrade. > It can run OS X nicely. This is one area the PCI Power Macs and 603/604 > Systems fall very short of. I have a 8500 that I have started upgrading > for my daughter and I share some of your questions.
No doubt about it - the B&W G3's are a great deal these days. > Bang for your buck... > > - G3 B&W REV 2 > - G4 - 500 Mhz processor upgrade > - Radeon 7000 Vid Card > > It can run USB 2, Mac OS X, Burn DVD's. It is a nice solution. So nice > in fact it stops me daily from purchasing an I-Book or G5 - 1.8 GHz. > > My second system is the 8500 with mac OS 9.1. I prefer the G4 over the > 8500. > > Careful in investing money on pre-g3 macs since they can not run Mac OS > X (supported). > > > =================================================== > Brian C. Stewart The thing is, I don't wish to run OS X on this Mac (My iMac's do a good job of that), but an earlier system with a good balance of connectivity with newer Macs and OS X and the lowest possible and fastest system version (7.5.5 maybe? 7.6?). Failing that I'd like to make it as fast as possible for as little cash as possible and maybe run 8.6. Regards, Jamie Kahn Genet -- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. -- 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
