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<blockquote data-quote="Old MacDonald" data-source="post: 368037" data-attributes="member: 29787"><p>Hi all, hope you are all well, after 20 years working on and building PCs, Servers etc. I thought I would see what's happening on the other side of the fence in AppleLand. I didn't want to spend a great deal of cash just to try and learn a new system/OS but I found a good bargain, 2x G3 beige towers with keyboards and mice, 4x 15" Apple multimedia monitors and a 20" Multisync Apple monitor in mint condition all for under 100 bucks.</p><p></p><p>My first question is, what sort of performance can I expect out of these machines? I know that they have got OS 9.1 and 9.2 installed and can take up to 768MB RAM. could I max out the RAM slots, upgrade the processor with a 1GHz Sonnet upgrade and add a couple of PCI USB cards and maybe a SATA PCI card and internal hard disk?</p><p></p><p>Second question is, should I just get my hands dirty with the OS/hardware side or would you recommend a good book beforehand? If so what is a good read?</p><p></p><p>Third is about the OS, with a Sonnet upgrade can the machine take a higher OS number or is 9.2 the limit on these machines?</p><p></p><p>Fourth is the graphics card, if the 20" monitor will take 1600x1200 will the standard grapics card support this? If not can anyone recommend the ultimate upgrade for these machines?</p><p></p><p>Many thanks!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old MacDonald, post: 368037, member: 29787"] Hi all, hope you are all well, after 20 years working on and building PCs, Servers etc. I thought I would see what's happening on the other side of the fence in AppleLand. I didn't want to spend a great deal of cash just to try and learn a new system/OS but I found a good bargain, 2x G3 beige towers with keyboards and mice, 4x 15" Apple multimedia monitors and a 20" Multisync Apple monitor in mint condition all for under 100 bucks. My first question is, what sort of performance can I expect out of these machines? I know that they have got OS 9.1 and 9.2 installed and can take up to 768MB RAM. could I max out the RAM slots, upgrade the processor with a 1GHz Sonnet upgrade and add a couple of PCI USB cards and maybe a SATA PCI card and internal hard disk? Second question is, should I just get my hands dirty with the OS/hardware side or would you recommend a good book beforehand? If so what is a good read? Third is about the OS, with a Sonnet upgrade can the machine take a higher OS number or is 9.2 the limit on these machines? Fourth is the graphics card, if the 20" monitor will take 1600x1200 will the standard grapics card support this? If not can anyone recommend the ultimate upgrade for these machines? Many thanks!! [/QUOTE]
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