Quoting Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Terry Graham wrote: > > >At 9:39 PM -0500 12/12/04, Jack wrote: > > > > > >>I have a Starmax 300 with a G3 upgrade card , I have ben told that with X > post facto I can install OS X, is there any truth to this ? > >> > >> > >> > > > >Jack, > > > >With G5 users I know, who know their Macs, > >they recommend adding a G4 card to a Blue and White > >and maxing out the B & W memory even, > >BEFORE going OS 10. . . > > > >so I'd say forget that plan, myself. > > > >The Starmax's memory maximum is a serious expansion limitation. > > > >Terry > > > > > > > I don't know about that.. I'm running X.2 on a G3/300 mt, no > processor upgrade and onboard video with 384 mgs of ram orginally, 640 > for now and it's solid and pretty quick.. Even on my other G3/300dt with > 128mgs of ram and onboard video it's decent enough ( Meaning just a bit > slower tha OS 9.) > > -hth > -nathan
My experience is that without adequate RAM, OSX is so slow as to be useless. Like Nathan, I have a beige G3 mt/300, all original except for a 7200RPM 8MB cache HD, running 10.2.1. I was testing RAM modules, and with only 160 MB of RAM installed, it took like 3-4 minutes to boot, and the spinning beachball appeared often, especially if more than one application was open. I now have 768MB of RAM (maximum for the beige G3), and the beachball is seldom seen, yet OS 9 applications run MUCH faster on this beige G3. A careful reading of the original OSX "success" report on the Yahoo group Starmax-talk reveals that OS 10.1 was used, a less mature version of OSX. To my knowledge no one else has confirmed that OSX will run on a 'Max, and the X- PostFacto readme for the latest version (at Other World Computing) does not mention compatibility with Tanzania motherboards. Just my .02 David -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> --> 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/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
