New powermac G3 for free? Should I grab it?

[marwen]

Is an older G3 worth it if it's free

Its possibly not free but there's a high chance of it being free. My school has a buttload of them in new condition, perfectly clean on the outside and inside.

It's a 300mhz G3 with 64mb RAM and a 6GB drive, and an ATI Rage 128.... Could I get Tiger onto this and make it fairly usable(add RAM/HDD/etc) just for the hell of it, or is it not worth it?

It currently is running OS 8, heh

Well, let me put it to you this way, if it says MAC on it -- OF COURSE!

I've been using a MAC since MAC PLUS days and that, my friend goes way back to 1990 --9" B/W screen It had 1MB RAM in it and all you use was a 1.4 MB floppy on it If I recall, it was even using an OS prior to OS7.

The G3 350MHz - even though it has an OS 8 in it -- will run perfectly with OS 10.3.9

You'd be hard pressed to run the new LEOPARD on it.

Until recently, i was running a G3 700MHz --OS.10.3.9


If you want to LEARN your way around the MACINTOSH world -- for free is a major bonus.

I know for a fact that I saw one on a MAC retailer's website just today and he was asking $150\

GO FOR IT!

marwen