[muglo] Re: RAM wars (was: OS X running on mac clone)

on 27/2/03 6:32 PM, Alex at admeddemda@xxxxxx wrote:

> sorry Eric but we're not _both_ right... I'm right and you're wrong.
> your link, like a lot of other non-apple spec sites has erroneous
> info. Check out the real deal at apple:
> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=43125

Well, we're back to _both_ being right ;P (or, if you really want to get
picky, I'm right & you're wrong with your last e-mail)

One golden rule to use with Apple's specs is that they're invariably wrong
for older machines -- some of the specs have been updated but many have not.

Most of the older Macs were made at a time when 256 MB, 512 MB, and in some
cases 128 MB chips were non-existent so Apple never tested them (and thus
didn't rate them). However, their circuitry and ROMs were designed with much
higher limits.

For example, my Pismo/400 is listed (by Apple) as max RAM 512 MB, however,
people are running this beast at 1 GB!

The Beige G3 can take up to 768 MB according to a number of sources on the
web (and, I'd trust them over Apple ;), and on EBay there are a number of
768 MB Beige G3s for sale. One neat thing I didn't know about the Beige was
that it had an EIDE HD rather than a SCSI (so, much lower cost drives
possible :). However, if you ever do get a Beige, try to get a "Rev C" (but,
I'd rather go for a B&W since it's got a much more powerful mobo).

<http://www.lowendmac.com/ppc/g3.shtml>

<http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/configurator/modelsinfo.asp?SysID=+5333+&di
stributor=0&submit1=Search>

Eric.


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