> Peter is correct about needing PCI. Another thing: The fastest video > available for the 7100 (Prism GT or Thunder 24) is hardly usable for web > browsing in OS 8x and 9x. A 7100 could never be usable for OSX on video > performance alone. It would be more than slow, it would be unusable by > any measure.
The performance of anything on OS 8 and 9 is tricky. The cooperative multitasking model really hurts for anything CPU-intensive... and that includes web browsing... because where a program on OS X can just get about its rendering and then shovel the bits down the pipe to the video card, under OS 9 it's gotta remember to tap the OS on the shoulder every fraction of a second to keep things like the network stack running. I've got a 233 MHz 604e CPU (UMAX CPU card) and a Matrox Millennium in my 7500 and it's fast enough to run Riven full-screen without lag (the 180 MHz 604e I was previously using hadn't been), but it's still jerky on the web. With a PDS video card and a fast enough processor the 7100 should be no worse. I'm really tempted to try shoehorning OS X into this and see if it's any better. I did boot OS X on it once, when I only had a 132 MHz CPU and 128M of RAM, and while it was really slow opening windows (and took 20+ hours to install!) it was reasonably responsive in windows already opened. I'm thinking maybe it was RAM-limited rather than CPU-limited now... -- 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
