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Upgrade Beige G3 to 10.2 - Worth it?
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
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I'm thinking of upgrading an old Beige G3 (233 MHz desktop model) to Jaguar. I'm wondering if the performance will be reasonable, or will it be too sluggish?
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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Originally posted by topcat:
I'm thinking of upgrading an old Beige G3 (233 MHz desktop model) to Jaguar. I'm wondering if the performance will be reasonable, or will it be too sluggish?
You can do what you want of course, but at 233 it will be too slugish. If you get >500 megs of ram (if it will take it) it might be ok for internet browsing and e-mail. I'm on a G3400 @ 768ram and its ok but not a speed demon mind you.
I think your best bet is to stick with OS9.
Thats my 2 cents...
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20"iMac intel 2.66 Duo: 4GB RAM : OS 10.6.6
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Join Date: Jun 2002
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I wouldn't do it. 
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A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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Same computer with 380 RAM and for email, word, iPhoto and iTunes it runs everything amazingly well. It doesn't feel that much slower then my white iBook 500MHz.
Do it.
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Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Torrance, CA
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For the short time I had Jag on mine, it was VERY nice. G4/533, 768MB of RAM, Radeon PCI, USB/FW PCI card.
Mine kept locking up after a few hours of running, not sure why exactly. But if you can get it to run on there, go for it, it's speed advantage over 10.1.x is pretty damn good.
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: London
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Running a Purple 266Mhz in 10.2 back at home my sister refuses to go back to 9. 
But she does not play games or any graphically intensive stuff. But she does use Painter and a wacom tablet.
So overall as long as you know what to expect it's great. (Oh and lots of RAM always helps)
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Join Date: Jul 2001
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I'm running the exact same hardware with 10.2 as a low-traffic webserver for my personal site. I do quite a bit of PHP and it slices through it just fine except for heavy-working loops. With a USB card it also serves as my backup to an external hard drive. It works beautifully.
For user interface though, snappiness is not a word that I'd consider using.
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I run 10.2 on a 233. I tweeked it quite a bit with 3rd party apps and the terminal (window zoom is gone, no dock effects, no window shadows). I say go for it if you have the ram. I will never go back to 9 
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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my friend is running jag on my old beige G3 300mhz he overclocked it to 375mhz (or something) and maxed out the ram and it runs just fine! with your machine, i would definitely look into overclocking it (it's VERY easy to do, go to www.xlr8yourmac.com ) and then max out the ram
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds"...Albert Einstein
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: North Dakota, USA
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I run 10.2 on a 333MHz G3 minitower at home (my parents do, actually), and they love it. No more crashing, and everything is snappy enough for them. In fact... I hate to say it, but I find it just as nice to work on as my iBook 500 as well. But then graphic design stuff is easier on a 19" screen than a 12" LCD.
Do it!
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