[thelist] Mac / OS X question

[Stephen Rider]

Hi --

Looking for information on the specs, expandability, or capabilities of 
any Mac ever made?  Download MacTracker at <http://www.mactracker.ca/>. 
  It's available for Mac or Windows (or... iPod?) and really is a 
phenomenal resource.

The G3 Blue and Whites came with a 6, 9, or 12GB hard drive (OS 10.3 
takes up about 3GB for a full install).  Processor speed ranged from 
300-450Mhz. They also did _not_ come with CD-RW, though some (top of 
the line?) came with DVD-RAM.  To run OS X I would recommend at least 
512MB RAM -- this model can take up to 1024MB total over four PC100 
68-pin SDRAM slots.  USB 1 and Firewire 400 included.

They have 3 PCI slots for expandability.

Check around for Mac-compatible wireless Network cards.  Incidentally, 
Airport (which is not included in this computer) is the standard 
wireless network method (802.b IIRC, or 802.g for "Airport Extreme") 
used by Windows.  "Airport" is just Apple's trademark name for it.

Contact me offlist for more specific info,
OR download MacTracker,
OR check out the really excellent discussion boards at 
<http://www.apple.com/support/>

Steve

On Feb 17, 2004, at 11:11 AM, Tom Dell'Aringa wrote:

> ...how successful I could be getting
> an old G3 blue/white tower and running [OS X on it]? I think they run 
> around
> 450mhz. Are they fairly extendable? How might it all work?
>
> I also wonder if I can hook it up to my wireless network (NOT
> airport, to the one on my PC) and tap into my internet.