I've resently got an old powermac G3 266mhz (beige type). It has mac os 10.2. I know that I can upgrade the cpu(not interested yet), ram, video, and hard drive. My question is can I remove the EIDE hard drive and just install a different EIDE Hard Drive, or do I need to invest in a controler card? If I don't need a controler card, how big of a hard drive can I install? I want to use this machine for mainly music station. I wil be doing base office work and some gamming (emulators). However, I am interested in using it as a DV(digital video) station as well. Can you tell me if this unit is good for DV as well, and will it handle a DVD burner?
2006-10-03 07:14:57 · 5 answers · asked by Briant D 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
gosh mac needs a upgrading ,sorry i cant help you on this i dont have mac
2006-10-03 07:20:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Any IDE hard drive will work just fine. The DVD burner might be a problem. OS X "restricts" non Apple burners from burning so you'll need to either get a used Apple SuperDrive or find the same make/model as an OEM.
As for it's speed it will still run iMovie but you will have noticeable "drags".
2006-10-03 14:23:31 · answer #2 · answered by og.emmet 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can add any IDE hard drive into the stock slot for a drive on the G3, however, due to firmware restrictions, only the first 128GB will be "seen". If you want to install a hard drive that is larger, you will need to use a PCI controller card.
The 266MHz G3 will be too slow to do any video editing on it. I'd spring for a nice, used G4 in the 700 to 1GHz range, minimum, for video editing.
2006-10-03 23:11:04 · answer #3 · answered by Boro Mac Man 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think Apple has recently started to support third-party DVD burners, but that's in OS X "Tiger". I don't think your PowerMac will ever run "Tiger". Here's all the info you can ask for...
2006-10-03 16:33:21 · answer #4 · answered by UbiquitousGeek 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DUDE, why didn't you get a dell? Those are a whole lot faster!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-10-03 14:23:11 · answer #5 · answered by Sam 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋