[muglo] Re: Wanted
- From: "Eric D." <hideme666@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 09:31:57 -0400
on 6/4/03 2:45 AM, Alex at admeddemda@xxxxxx wrote:
> I've heard of ppl using pre-g3 macs with g3/g4 upgrade cards running OSX
> and using Quartz Extreme... particularly with the Radeon 7000 cards...
> and that's 33mhz pci bus...
>
> so I don't think an upgraded beige or BW G3 _can't_ use quartz extreme...
> I havent done it, but i think it is possible.
Neat! I haven't kept up with the "hacking" sites so I missed that one.
This begs the question, would you spend more $$$ upgrading a pre-G3 to be
able to run OS X and QE, than if you were to get a comparable G4 (not to
mention that the G4 will guarantee compatibility whereas the pre-G3 may
cause a few headaches)?
(I guess this is the whole upgrade vs. "new" problem... I've *never* been
able to justify upgrading over buying a new machine -- the advantages a
newer machine offers far outweigh the "low" cost of bringing an older
computer up to snuff... though, now that HDs and RAM really aren't setting
newer computers apart from older ones, the argument for upgrading an older
machine may become stronger... I'd say the B&W is the first of this
generation of machines (the Beige has the disadvantage of a tiny video
card)).
L8r
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