OSX on a G3?
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- schjetne
G3 with 512 mb ram. Will MacOSX work, or will it kill the computer?
- unknown0
what speed g3? I run osx on a 600 ibook, it aint snappy but it works ok.
- schjetne0
How do I find the speed? It's not in "About This Computer"...
- unknown0
system profiler, should be under the apple
- schjetne0
Blah, it's a 400mhz.
- jox0
that's as fast as it gets in Norway, right? :P
- schjetne0
jox == stupidhead
- pascii0
schtjene, from my macusergroup ->
It works! Once I installed it on a 350 MHz iMac with just 256 MB RAM (but it wasn't very fast) n/t - paddypatrick am 08.10.2003 um 15:57 Uhr
should work - but forget about fast photoshot et al. office, mail and so is useable! n/t - Peter K. Sanner am 08.10.2003 um 15:57 Uhr
it works, but more ram is needed for better speed n/t - Rob. am 08.10.2003 um 15:59 Uhr
This incredible English lesson was presented by macnews.de n/t - paddypatrick am 08.10.2003 um 16:01 Uhr
It works very neat on my G3 500 and 640 MB RAM and a quick graphic chip. n/t - kumi am 08.10.2003 um 16:02 Uhr
- akabon0
I run OS X on a G3 Pismo 500MHz with 640MB and it runs fine. Its not the fastest but the system never crashed and I have it on since OS X came out. Whats apparently is important is the graphic card, I have a shitty ATI rage pro with 8MB so go figure how much fun that is nowadays.
Give it a try and look how you like it, it wont 'kill' your machine.
- ikbenvanrijn0
i have an os x box runnin on a g3 450. its fine. its runs better on my g4.
also i know of a person who runs os x on a beige g3. a little slow
- schjetne0
Installing now. Second try. First try resulted in a lot of cryptic unix error messages in the middle of the installation. Hopefully it'll work this time.
I will only use this crappy old g3 for testing sites on a lot of different browsers, so I guess it'll work just fine as soon as the damn installation works.
- pascii0
if troubles, ask pascii : )
- grafiske0
I run it on a 350 (pretty sure, maybe 366?) G3 and it runs fine. Some things are a little slow, I am fairly patient and it doesn't bother me, usually.
- grafiske0
I run it on a 350 (pretty sure, maybe 366?) G3 and it runs fine. Some things are a little slow, I am fairly patient and it doesn't bother me, usually. (512 mb ram)
- BXCAR0
some G3s processorchips have to be replaced in order to run OSX.
I have got a Pismo4OOMHZ and my OSX box said it was compatible but it wasnt, i got a new chip from apple for free, same speed though