G3 Buying Advice?

[phonic pol]

I've searched the posts here and can't find a similar question being asked, apologies if I’ve missed any! I'm looking at buying a G3 Beige system with a view to running OSX and Adobe CS which I currently use on my G4 Powerbook. I've been using Macs for the past few years but don't have experience of the G3's. I understand there will be quite a drop in performance from my powerbook but I’m quite happy to accept this as long as the system is workable.

I would appreciate any pointers to do with buying a system e.g. what to look out for, what to avoid etc. What monitors and peripherals I can use would also be useful.

Thanks in advance for any posts.

[Mechcozmo]

Photoshop is optimized for the Altivec, which is in the G4 only. It won't be fun running it on a G3. However, OS X should run fine with plenty of RAM.

If you want to upgrade to a new computer, look at some older G4 MDD or Quicksilver models. Both are fairly upgradeable and could possibly due what you want... but nothing beats out a G5 ;) :D

[phonic pol]

Photoshop is optimized for the Altivec, which is in the G4 only. It won't be fun running it on a G3. However, OS X should run fine with plenty of RAM.

If you want to upgrade to a new computer, look at some older G4 MDD or Quicksilver models. Both are fairly upgradeable and could possibly due what you want... but nothing beats out a G5 ;) :D

Thanks, what does MDD stand for?

[Mechcozmo]

Thanks, what does MDD stand for?

Mirrored Drive Door. The generation after the Quicksilver models... I was being lazy :rolleyes: :o

[zen_state]

I've searched the posts here and can't find a similar question being asked, apologies if I’ve missed any! I'm looking at buying a G3 Beige system with a view to running OSX and Adobe CS which I currently use on my G4 Powerbook. I've been using Macs for the past few years but don't have experience of the G3's. I understand there will be quite a drop in performance from my powerbook but I’m quite happy to accept this as long as the system is workable.

I would appreciate any pointers to do with buying a system e.g. what to look out for, what to avoid etc. What monitors and peripherals I can use would also be useful.

Thanks in advance for any posts.

would you be willing to spend an extra 139 US and make it a G4? here is a list of upgrades for that model that range from 139-397.
http://eshop.macsales.com/MyOWC/Upgrades.cfm?model=59&type=Processor&TI=%23TimeFormat%28Now%28%29%2C+&shoupgrds=Show+Upgrades