> A friend has asked me to upgrade her 7600/132 PPC desktop 192 Meg of Ram to a
> 400MHz G3. That?s the easy part. Since so many people on the list have gone
> to G3 upgrades I would like some recommendations from people as to which
> processor upgrade company would be the best bet to buy from. Information such
> as how do you like the upgrade, does it work well, how is the service of the
> company etc. any problem I should be aware of before I tell her which one to
> buy? The Choices are Sonnet, Power Logic, and Newer Tech!
> Now if this was my computer I would just sell it and buy a G4 (Maybe toss it
> off the balcony just for fun). But she?s kind of attached to it and it could
> get messy having to toss her over the side as well. LOL
Newer probably makes the best all-round upgrades. As Gary A. mentioned,
Newer upgrades are noted for their reliability. Unfortunately, as you are
probably well aware, Newer has gone belly-up -- bankrupt.
Other World Computing has bought a lot of the remaining NewerTech stock and
if you want a Newer upgrade, you'd better not wait. Sonnet also makes a
good upgrade, I hear, but if I could get a Newer, I'd take it over the
Sonnet. The PowerLogix falls last.
A list of _all_ available upgrades for the 7600 sold by OWC is available
here:
<http://eshop.macsales.com/MyOWC/Upgrades.cfm?model=32&type=Acceleration&TI=
%23TimeFormat%28Now%28%29%2C+&shoupgrds=Show+Upgrades>
Please note I don't work for OWC. Actually, I have never bought anything
from OWC. But I hear good things from Mike at <www.xlr8yourmac.com>.
Speaking of Mike and XLR8YourMac, if you want the opinion of someone who
actually has a 7600 and has upgraded it, check out Mike's "User Reports
Database on CPU Upgrades" at
<http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/cpureview.lasso>. I just checked and there's
reviews of 850+ upgrades for the 73/75/7600!
HTH,
Shiva Mayer
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
PS. If your friend wants to run OS X, I'd suggest more than 192MB of RAM.
RAM is unbelievably cheap right now, and the more RAM the better, when it
come to OS X. 512MB is not unreasonable. I would suggest at least 256MB.
PPS. I've never seen a computer that was thrown off of a balcony, but I did
see a PowerBook that had been run over by a car...
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