Unless you have = 3 Nubus cards you really like, and want to run them in a slightly more capable system than a 68k Mac, I wouldn't bother. What Quadraman and Unknown_K said.
An 8100 is a larger (tower) but faster (80 to 110MHz) machine, with 3 Nubus and one PDS slots. Any of the PCI Macs will be a much better general use machine, especially a G3 or G4 which can run OS X. The 7100 falls into a middle ground which just says "meh" to me, especially at 66MHz. I've passed on 7100s that were "actually" free, as opposed to "practically" free.
If you like the 610 form factor and have space issues, I'd hold off for a 6100. It's the same speed (60 to 66MHz, clockable to 80MHz) as the 7100, in a 610 case. One PDS, which can be adapted to an AV or HPV video card, a DOS card, or a Nubus card. All three adapters are different, and the last is the rarest.
Best would be a 6100/66/AV so you don't have to source one of the Audiovision monitor adapters for the funky x100-only high density port. (The AV x100s come with a PDS video card with a normal Mac monitor connection) Also the motherboard video on all the x100s uses (slow) system RAM instead of VRAM, so they're dog slow rendering web pages.
If the 7100 doesn't come with the monitor adapter or an AV card, I definitely wouldn't bother.
There are cheap ($10-$30) G3 upgrades that sit in the PDS slot, which will give you a pretty nippy OS 9 machine. (But still no OS X) Most of the info at kan.org/6100 will also apply to a 7100, bearing in mind the different form factors.
An 8100 is a larger (tower) but faster (80 to 110MHz) machine, with 3 Nubus and one PDS slots. Any of the PCI Macs will be a much better general use machine, especially a G3 or G4 which can run OS X. The 7100 falls into a middle ground which just says "meh" to me, especially at 66MHz. I've passed on 7100s that were "actually" free, as opposed to "practically" free.
If you like the 610 form factor and have space issues, I'd hold off for a 6100. It's the same speed (60 to 66MHz, clockable to 80MHz) as the 7100, in a 610 case. One PDS, which can be adapted to an AV or HPV video card, a DOS card, or a Nubus card. All three adapters are different, and the last is the rarest.
Best would be a 6100/66/AV so you don't have to source one of the Audiovision monitor adapters for the funky x100-only high density port. (The AV x100s come with a PDS video card with a normal Mac monitor connection) Also the motherboard video on all the x100s uses (slow) system RAM instead of VRAM, so they're dog slow rendering web pages.
If the 7100 doesn't come with the monitor adapter or an AV card, I definitely wouldn't bother.
There are cheap ($10-$30) G3 upgrades that sit in the PDS slot, which will give you a pretty nippy OS 9 machine. (But still no OS X) Most of the info at kan.org/6100 will also apply to a 7100, bearing in mind the different form factors.