I do, with 320 MB RAM. It runs fine for basic tasks--AppleWorks, email, internet browsing, etc., but I have no idea how it would preform using PhotoShop or somethign like that--probably not well.
But, it is way more than useable. I cannot stand to go into 9...
You can easily run X on that model. I'm running the X on mine, in wich I have 192 MByte ram. But as Horned Frog said it I also do not how well it runs bigger applications. But so far I've not noticed any problems at all running standard appl. sauch iTunes, iPhoto, Micr. off. etc.
I'm on a 233 MHz PowerBook, and OS X runs okay on it. Not super fast, but the time I save from OS X's efficiency makes up for it. Example: In OS 9, my computer hung up when waking from sleep maybe 1/3 to 1/2 of the time. The rest of the time, it eventually woke up, but took a long time to respond (often more than 10 seconds). I had to shut it down most of the time because of the way it handled memory. Starting it up took two minutes.
With OS X, I just close the lid when I don't use it, and when I want to, I just open it up and hit the spacebar, and it's awake in two seconds. It saves so much time and the memory management is infinitely better than OS 9.
I'd suggest putting OS X on any G3 computer with more than 128 MB of RAM. Mine has 160 MB. The 800x600 resolution will hurt, but it'll be usable.
I'm running 10.1.5 on a 466 iBook right now .... (320 MB ram)
LOAD IT !!! ... iPhoto works just fine, but I imagine intense work in Photoshop would be painful. Everything else works so well, i doubt I'd notice if it ran faster. ('course that won't stop me from snapping up a G5 for home as soon as they become available).
I havn't booted to OS9 in probably 6 months... if i ever crown the hard drive, i won't flinch about deleting it.
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But, it is way more than useable. I cannot stand to go into 9...
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With OS X, I just close the lid when I don't use it, and when I want to, I just open it up and hit the spacebar, and it's awake in two seconds. It saves so much time and the memory management is infinitely better than OS 9.
I'd suggest putting OS X on any G3 computer with more than 128 MB of RAM. Mine has 160 MB. The 800x600 resolution will hurt, but it'll be usable.
LOAD IT !!! ... iPhoto works just fine, but I imagine intense work in Photoshop would be painful. Everything else works so well, i doubt I'd notice if it ran faster. ('course that won't stop me from snapping up a G5 for home as soon as they become available).
I havn't booted to OS9 in probably 6 months... if i ever crown the hard drive, i won't flinch about deleting it.