Powermac G3
Wow….simply…wow, these things are amazing, not just in looks, but also in performance. Billed as the Mac Pro of their day i picked up one of theses bad boys of ebay recently for £10, and i was not dissapointed. Its initial specs were not to… good but with a little work, i upgraded the RAM and Processor to 768Mb and 500Mhz respectively and put Panther on it, which is the best compromise between speed and performance with these older machines, in fact i’m writing this post using it so you can see how it handles new web content. My reccomendation, seriously buy one of these things, that is if you can’t get one for free, if you really wan’t to push the boat out then go for a G4, but until i buy a new Intel based Mac Mini, this will be staying exactly where it is.
True, but the G4 is the Mac Daddy of old school performance that will stand the test of time, IMHO. The G4 with 9.2 was the bomb; so fast, trimmed down comparatively speaking, until the OSX, which is fine when you’ve got the processing power, but the G4 (and G3) will do a lot of work for you while you make a sandwich; they still have the right stuff. Lucasfilm was using the G4’s for their films as recently as 5 years ago. You can get a G4 for a hundred bucks if you look around, or 150. Great comps!
Wow, is that LucasFilm thing true, sounds amazing do you reccomend any specific model of G4?