well, as luck 'round here tends to come in self-balancing pairs, the very next week, i lost my job (lol, fortunately -not- due to my newfound sl-addiction!!
- hence, also losing access to that coveted portal into the sl-verse. i learned much in the all-of four days i had inside... and since then, i've been placating myself by scouring the forums and every other sl resource out there... and learning just how much -more- there is to learn and create with sl.
so, anyhow, boohoo... i cannot participate in tonight's logonathon. to molify myself whilst pouting and watching the homepage's inworldpop figure creeeeep upwards, i did some window-shopping over at owc...
1) i presume that the newer of my two machines (1999 bronze/lombard powerbook) is terminally limited by its 8meg vram card, even if i upgrade the sys from 10.2.x to 10.3.9? well, plus it's a g3 machine - is sl's g4 req. 'hardwired' into the software (i.e., would it cancel at launch just 'cuz it's not on a g4)? could upgrade to the g4 option that's out there, but i think, because of the vram ish, that good ol' gonzo the bronze is generally a lost cause, as far as sl's concerned...
2) but maaaaaaybe more likely, is to take the old 1996 7600 desktop ppc, throw in the pci g4 upgrade (800mhz tops - is sl's 1ghz also a 'hardwired' req.?), throw in the pci ati 128meg vram card, install os x... already have the third slot taken by 10/100 ethercard. (plenty of drivespace already - picked up some cheapies on ebay a year or so ago.
would that work??
or would it be worth the effort - is the old mb bus/old scsi drive setup still speed-prohibitive? would anything else prevent sl to launch on such an old machine?as is, it would probably take awhile just to earn the pieces, but it'd be a 'faster' option to an sl-capable machine than holding out for a new off-the-shelfer... whadday'all think??
