Gerald S. Abreu inquired:
>I have a 280c that is still chugging along great. My question is
>twofold. Is it worth the expense to upgrade the hard drive which is
>currently in the 320 range? If so what is a recommended drive? Ata?
>Ide? Eide? Scsi? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
The cost for used SCSI Duo Hard Drives is rediculous!
>Second what is involved in upgrading from 68k to powerpc? Would it be
>worth it? BTW, I have three other Macs which are all powerpc.
To upgrade your 280 to PPC you would need the 2300 Motherboard and case
stiffener. You could then use a larger IDE hard drive with the appropriate
cable.
>If these are possilbe/feasible, then where could I find such things as
>powerpc upgrade. (I did see one on ebay recently for $145, a little
>steep IMHO.)
Feasible yes, cost effective...IMHO no.
By the time you have secured all of the parts you will have spent as much
money as if you had bought a 2300 to begin with and you dont have the
bigger screen that goes with it!
My advice is to look for a 2300 that has the max Ram installed (56) and if
you need a larger hard drive then go ahead and put one in. New IDE drives
in the 4-6gig range can be purchased for less than $100 and are easily
installed by anyone with a reasonable amount of manual dexterity.
(Having just assembled a 2300 from pieces I am speaking from experince!)
Aloha, Ken
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