<quote who="Amazin"> > on 6/20/03 1:43 PM, Robyn J. Lyons at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I'm with you on this one. I was surprised though, 10.1.5 was VERY >> quick on my 8600/250. When they said that the last 8600/9600 were as >> fast as the earlier G3 machines, they weren't kidding! > > Yes it is fast, but since I'm with only 96mb of Ram, it swaps the hell > out to the HD... Together with the accelerator I'll get two 128mb DIMMs > (or just one, if I choose the 400mhz G4 Mach carrier)
Yea, OSX does like it's RAM, but at least it handles it well. I've found that I get really nice speed boosts from RAM up until I get to about 300MB RAM. I don't notice any difference (I'm referring to day to day typical apps, such as Mail, Safari, iTunes) after I get over 400MB RAM. Of course, if you run Photoshop, then 1GB can be to little at times ;) > >> My beef.....Not being able to do something else while an app opens up. >> Or having IE beachball over some javascript and locking down the whole >> system so I can't do jack. > > No need to open an application: just keeping the mouse button > pressed when opening a window hangs the WHOLE OS 9 ! Man, anyone that > prefer 9 over X is totally nuts and didn't used a modern operating > system in the last 5 years (Windows XP, Linux or BeOS) XP is more like a late model than modern. I'd put it around a '97 year. Man am I glad that Apple finally gave us something to be really proud of. > > So > Now that we agreed to get a Daystar XLR8 Mach Carrier G4 card, should I > get their $18 Mach Speed Control for OS X ? It comes with a free Speed > Control tool for OS 9. Iknow that for a little while they were giving away the OSX version for free when you used 'Buy It Now' from one of their ebay auctions. You may want to look into that. Come to think of it, I may go look into that, I'm stuck on an 8600/250 under 9.2 because I turned my G3 upgraded S900 into my web and mail server. > > Another one (since you're my upgrade guru): should I get EDO or > Non-EDO dimms for my 8600 ? I'll probably get them from OWC. The upgrade guru is also available for birthday parties, funerals, and any religious occasion.....I'd go with EDO the 8600 is fully capable of using the higher speed RAM. Some machines don't have an issue, but sometimes interleaving the RAM can cause some random crashing. Try to interleave the RAM, but it may not work. You do get something like an extra 10-15% speed boost if you can interleave though. Good choice going with OWC, I try to always get my RAM from them. I've never had an issue with it, plus they are only a few hours from my place so even the cheapest shipping is pretty much next day or 2-day. -Rob -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
