Re: OS X on a G3 Pismo?
- From: Ron Parsons <jrp59@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 12:07:39 GMT
In article <dn8i5r$prn$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
briang@xxxxxxxxx (Brian Gordon) wrote:
>I have a G3 Pismo (512MB, 12G disk, 400MH processor). When OSX was a novelty,
>I bought it and tried it (only 256MB back then). I had to drop to Classic mode
>to run almost any application I had, and performance was certainly not that
>impressive. In fact, it was pretty poor. I'm still on OS 9.2.2.
>
>When I asked about an alternative to TurboTax, since the new version is OSX
>only. Of course, more and more upgrades are that way, now, so I will have to
>upgrade some day -- and spend big bucks on replacing applications. One private
>answer I got was to go back to OSX, which is much better in my environment now.
>
>Is that a concensus? Is that now a good way to go?
I have a G3 Pismo (768MB, 18G disk, 500MH processor) and it works just
fine with the latest version of Panther. I only have one application
that I regularly use with Classic, but it is quite normal.
I think you can find a dropped cost of Panther now, so give it a shot.
.
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