[rescue] G3 AIO - was: G5 case

[vance at neurotica.com]

On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Steve Hatle wrote:

> > When I buy one later this year, it will largely be because of the 970.
> > I "really use" my current Macs (PowerBook G4 and Power Macintosh G3
> > All-in-One).
>
> I just picked up a G3 AIO about two weeks ago. I haven't had much time
> to fiddle yet, but looks about the same from a spec/capability
> standpoint as the G3 Beige I had a while back.  Assuming she's OK with
> the size, this might be the box that replaces my wife's aging Thinkpad
> as her daily driver (her TP hasn't moved in years from her desk) as an
> OSX machine after disk/RAM upgrades.
>
> If she complains it's too slow, I can give her my G4, which means I'll
> just have to get a G5! There's always an angle <grin>

I am thinking of putting a G4 CPU upgrade module in my all-in-one G3.  I
wish they hadn't discontinued it.  Unlike the iMac, it has PCI slots.

Peace...  Sridhar