Post #193898 by tikibars on Thu, Oct 20, 2005 3:31 PM

On 2005-10-20 11:46, Tangaroa wrote:

On 2005-10-19 08:13, JonPez wrote:
So - rather than go into more debt, buying a G5 - I've decided to update my G4 to OSX Tiger. Currently the G4 is running OS 9.2, has 576 megs built-in memory, a mouse that is on the fritz (i.e "snapping" all over the screen), an a Epson ES-1200C 8.5 x 11" scanner & external CD drive/burner - both connected by SCSI.
Once I upgrade to OSX, am I gonna have to purchase another external burner & scanner?

You can get a SCSI port on a PCI card for under $100.

That should run your scanner and burner.

I have a HD and a scanner on my SCSI card - works fine. Since you're on an even newer computer than me, I don't see that you'll have problems.

You may need new OSX compliant drivers for the scanner and burner.

Then get some more RAM, as suggested above.

I am running Panther on a G3 with 'only' 376 meg of RAM, and as stated above, no problems except for my pro audio apps being sluggish.

That said, I am hestiant to upgrade to Tiger for fear of slowing down even more...