[geeks] Mac 6400

Phil Brutsche geeks at sunhelp.org
Wed Aug 15 21:18:57 CDT 2001


A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...

> I am considering a trade for the machine above and since I have very
> little experience with Mac's I thought I would post here. Here are the
> specs...
>
> - 603e 200 MHz

[...]

> I would like to run OS-X (I know it will be slow) and basically hack
> around with it. Here is what I am trading for it....

Slow is an understatement.  A 603e does OK with classic MacOS but with
anything newer it's a total dog.

Imagine running Windows 2000 on a Pentium-MMX w/64MB of RAM.  It would be
faster than OSX on a 603e...

> - Dual Pentium Pro 200 MB and CPU's

Stick with the PC


Phil




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