Macintosh Powerbook G3 Questions - Various

[Natobasso]

I used to have that very computer, though a bit upgraded. 64MB of RAM isn't going to run OS X, and it might be very slow on OS 9. I recommend upgrading your processor and RAM as high as you can, get 9.1 then install 9.2.2 and get os x.

It won't be a 'scream machine' but it will pass. I had 10.2.8 installed on my Powerbook; I assume yours is the 'Pismo' version.

[fryke]

64 MB RAM runs OS 9 nicely. Rather depends on what you want to do with it. The Pismo version _would_ have the firewire ports AFAIK. Sounds rather like a Wallstreet, the very _first_ version of the PowerBook G3 Series after the PowerBook G3 that looked like a PB 3400c.

[Natobasso]

Well I'll be damned! It works on as little as 40MB of RAM!
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60498

Available OS 9 updates:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75288

[iamgelinru]

Thanks

[Ferdinand]

Though 40 MB is in reality waaaay to less. I have 94 MB on my iMac G3 with Mac OS 9 and that _barely_ works. (Ok, but I'm used ti OS X, so...)
I use normally:
50 MB Finder
7 MB iTunes
30 MB Mozila.
Which is 87 MB. The remaining 7 MB? Well, a bit of free space is always needed, if some app needs a bit more. For example normally the Finder is sometimes at 54 MB... so then it's 3 MB left. So with 60 MB, you could run the Finder in OS 9 and then iTunes and maybe a small app like Simple Text.