Quote Originally Posted by Erik Stiegler
OS 8.6 may be a problem, so may the age of your Mac. Is it a beige G3, or an older Power Mac with a G3 upgrade card? Memory will also probably be an issue. The Mac OS and Photoshop both love RAM.

Firewire would go on a PCI card like your USB card. The FW card and reader will set you back close to $100. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't spend that kind of money to do the job a $10 USB reader (or the cable that comes with the camera free) will do.

OS X won't install on that Mac, at least not out of the box. There may be patches to get it to, but trying to install OS X on a beige Mac isn't something I'd even consider doing.

Hello Erik. Thanks for that, it helps. For the record....

1) Mac is beige, PowerPc, not a PowerMac upgraded.
2) RAM I have plenty of. (160). Enough for O/S, Quark, Pshop, and Illustrator at the same time.
3) Thanks for the Firewire info. Yes, I agree, speed ain't that important to me (old, or as they say round here, vintage, so time isn't a problem!).
4) No, I'm going to avoid OS X for as long as poss. When I do jump, it'll be to a new Mac with all that in the box, and then the other bullet I'll have to bite is upgrading all the graphics progs. too.

When I do buy all the bits, I will put a post on this site just to let you kind people know how it has all worked out.

Cheers.

Allen.