[geeks] Mac 6400

[Peter L. Wargo]

On Wed, 15 Aug 2001 swallbridge at franticfilms.com wrote:

> 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
> - 136 MB RAM
> - 2.4 GB hard drive
> - 8x SCSI CD-ROM
> - 2x8 SCSI CD-R
> - 1 MB built-in video with Mac to PC adapter
> - Built in sound w/ 4" subwoofer and speaker in tower
> - Apple Keyboard and mouse
> 
> 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....

No friggin' way... 6400 is a *totally* evil mac, from the bad era.  200MHz
603e is slooooooow.... MB is odd, and g3 upgrade can be done, but it
funky.  Bill is right, look for a 7500-class mac on Ebay...

Trust me, 6400 is a bad idea.

-Pete (Mac supporter since 1984!)