[rescue] dumpster-diving news ($35,000)

Kurt Huhn kurt at k-huhn.com
Mon Jul 8 20:12:12 CDT 2002


Eric Dittman wrote:
> 
> > I'd KILL for a B&W G3 Mac right now though.. even a bare one.  I need a
> > machine I can dedicate to video extraction.
> 
> Speaking of which, is a beige G3 (266MHz) any good for
> OS X?

It's slightly slow - as GUI goes.  However, if you turn off all the eye-candy,
it is acceptable.  Command line schtuff is fairly snappy, at least in my
experience.  I would stuff it full of RAM, though.

Also, get thyself an upgrade card ASAP if you plan on using it extensively - a
nice G4 would be easy to do, and would kick some serious tail...
-- 
Kurt                   "What me look like, ricecake monster?   
kurt at k-huhn.com         Me Cookie Monster!  Me need COOKIE!" --Cookie Monster



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