Old Mac (donald?) [was: Re: [MacPerl] [ALBOT] Mac Y2K Oops?]

[Michael Steele <micsteel@jump.net>]

I still get by with a Quadra 900 (25MHz 68040, for you really young folks
<grin>), although I have upgraded it to 52MB RAM, 2MB VRAM and a 4.3GB
hard drive. I originally got it to use in my desktop publishing company--
a short-lived career, because of the pressures and imbeciles-- so it
started life with me as a 24MB/2V/1.8GB machine. I avoid Adobe Acrobat
like the waste it is (embarrasses me to think that they've convinced so
many people that it's ideal for the web!) and haven't bought a new video
game for four years, but it runs OS 8.1 just fine! Browsing is okay with
Lynx or Mosaic... :) Seriously, I use Netscape 4 most of the time, and
just turn off graphics.

I'm budgeting to buy a G4 this fall... That ought to provide a worthwhile
improvement. :)

Michael

On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, Chris Nandor wrote:

> >Seriously, I do all my stuff at home on a 6100/60, and I've yet to run
> >into anything where speed was actually so much of an issue that I felt the
> >urge to go out and get a G3 or a 450MHz Dell. Except (and this is no joke)
> >when trying to read docs using Acrobat Reader.
> 
> Yeah, it is funny how we think the latest speed is more important than it
> is.  The Finder is the slowest thing to use on my old 7100/66.  The web
> browser is not too speedy.  But I use it for routing IP packets, IRC,
> MacPerl, BBEdit, and some web browsing, and it handles the job fine and
<snip> 
> Most people can still get by fine with a 601 processor, except for one
> thing: web browsing.  Web browsers and streaming video and other multimedia
> are the only reason for most people to get G3s.  It's pretty silly.  If
<snip>

or 3D simulations and rendering...


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