Though no heavyweight, any 603ev processor with 256k L2 cache is a pretty good performer; my PowerBook 2400c does just fine at 180MHz, running 8.6 and a suitable range of applications from the 90s. Just don't go installing 9.1 and all will be well, as even a 604e-based machine is slow running 9.1.
So I wouldn't upgrade a TAM, except for the drive, a brand new one of which might be a good idea after all these years. Any of the really rare machines, and the TAM especially, are best seen as period pieces and left as such. Running the right software, it will be a fast machine, and there is a sort of wisdom that comes from learning to live with limitations rather than trying always to overcome them.
And that last point, I suppose, is what this site is largely about. Congratulations — we are all envious.
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PS: There is a patched version of iTunes for 8.6, by the way, and you'd want that on there if you ever got the idea to pop in a large HD and use the machine for audio.
So I wouldn't upgrade a TAM, except for the drive, a brand new one of which might be a good idea after all these years. Any of the really rare machines, and the TAM especially, are best seen as period pieces and left as such. Running the right software, it will be a fast machine, and there is a sort of wisdom that comes from learning to live with limitations rather than trying always to overcome them.
And that last point, I suppose, is what this site is largely about. Congratulations — we are all envious.
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PS: There is a patched version of iTunes for 8.6, by the way, and you'd want that on there if you ever got the idea to pop in a large HD and use the machine for audio.