Because I'm thinking about doing exactly that with a refurbished 350 MHz Blue & White G3 purchased from a mail-order company 18 months ago for $125.00
Original specs:
No OS, 128 MB Ram and 6 GB Hard Drive
Added when first purchased:
1. Replaced original Hard Drive with a 120 GB HD for $50.00 after mail-in rebate
2. added 128MB of RAM for $20.00
3. Purchased Panther install CDs for $100.00, mail-order.
Considering three more upgrades:
1. Adding 512 MB Ram for $60.00, which will max out the DIMMs.
2. Purchasing a Tiger DVD for $100.00 via mail-order, plus whatever it costs to exchange the install DVD for CDs from Apple.
3. And the most "iffy," upgrade being considered is a Sonnettech 500 MHz G4 CPU replacement for $150.00
While the approx. $300 would probably be sufficient, considering my modest requirements, for another 18 months of use from this system, what I primarily would like to know:
a) is 768 MB of Ram sufficient for Tiger when running on a 350 MHz G3, or would Tiger really need the 500 MHz G4 upgrade to run well?
And b) will Leopard, in your opinion, when released, need a G4 to run at a decent speed?
After the 18 months has passed, I'll finally get around to replacing the B&W with an Intel-based Mac. It's just a matter of deciding which Intel model to choose at that time.



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