Linked by Jon Atkinson on Tue 20th May 2003 18:14 UTC
I entered the world of Apple hardware about 3 months ago now, with a second-hand iBook2. It was a 500mHz, 256mb, ATI Rage 128 model, with a standard CD-Rom drive. I spent the first few days trying to tweak Mac OS X to my liking, then a few further weeks installing and learning to use the applications I thought I'd need. Chimera, BBEdit, the developer tools, even the Fink X server so I could use Gaim.
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I have a 600Mhz iBook, very similar, and a new power mac. OS X is just fine on it. However, what I did do immediately was max out the ram to 640mbs. I think to be truthful, that this is key. My Power Mac also has maxed out ram, and I've never ever had speed problems with it. Of course, this is fairly useless advice because maxing out the ram is not a cheap thing to do, but before you say the processor sucks, I'd look to the ram. OS X just eats it up, kind of like it eats up your money. Its worth it to me, because I really love OS X, but I can definately understand why some people will look at apple prices and turn their noses up.