Jim,
Sorry, processor speed will not affect modem speed.
Jerry
on 01/04/24 14:08, Scolman,Jim at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi Jerry, how does processor speed affect modem speed ? Modem speed(connect
> speed) is a function of the cabeling and the wires the phone company
> provides to your howm or office. My 33.6 modem will only connect at 26.4 if
> it's connected to a G4 or to my 2300c. Please let me know if I am wrong, I
> would love to increase my modem speed by upgrading my Mac speed.
> Thanks......JWS.
>
> Jim Scolman
> AMS Services,Inc.
> 425-402-1000
> 206-910-6095
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lewis S. Coleman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 1:58 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [Duo2400] Re: 2300c vs 2400c vs Tibook
>
>
> Dear Jerry,
>
> Basically, I agree with you. My motive for keeping the DuoDock up and
> running is to limp along with it until I can buy a portable with 1Ghz
> processing speed. At that point, I figure it will be fast enough to
> provide optimal performance with a conventional modem. At home I use a G4
> and am planning to get ethernet soon. The G4 and the DuoDock are linked
> together so that I can easily exchange files. The only time I use the
> portable is when I'm traveling.
>
> Yours truly,
> Lewis Coleman
>
>> From: Jerry Krinock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Duo/2400 List)
>> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 12:20:49 -0700
>> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Duo/2400 List)
>> Subject: [Duo2400] Re: 2300c vs 2400c vs Tibook
>>
>> The last time I was in an airport, I could not find an electrical outlet
>> because there were a half dozen other thiefs like you (and me) who were
>> already stealing all the nearby electricity. With those inefficieint
>> Pentium IIIs now going into notebooks, this situation is likely to get
> worse
>> in the future.
>>
>> I'd buy a Titanium if I were you, though personally I am hoping my 2400c
>> holds up until they make a smaller one without that useless DVD-ROM drive.
>>
>> Jerry
>>
>> on 01/04/23 16:36, Donald McCaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Gurus,
>>> I've a 280c which I use daily in the dock and on the road. On the
>>> road, weight is important. Thanks to help from this list, mine is a
> tuned
>>> unit but it is slow with email and my server hates a slow CPU. I use it
>>> for word processing (much) and email (daily).
>>> I can buy a 2300c for about $200 and plug it into my dock.
>>> Or I can buy a 2400c G3 240 (320?) for about $1300.
>>> Or I can buy a Tbook for $2500.
>>> Or I can adopt a better attitude and live slower.
>>> The 2300 c goes in a dock which is handy but is only what: twice as
>>> fast as my 280c?
>>> The 2400 c seems to be less reliable(GLOD), hot, has expensive
>>> hard-to-find batteries and doesn't slip into a dock. Replugging
> everything
>>> whenever I return from the road would be a major pain.
>>> The Tbook seems to have startup glitches .
>>> Unless I'm traveling to a weird place like Albania, I can live with
>>> my 90 minute 280c battery. Judicious use of sleep helps as do the
> cleaner's
>>> plugs in terminals. After the first three or four hours, airline booze
>>> makes working moot anyway. I don't watch movies.
>>> I would appreciate your thinking.
>>> Donald McCaig
>>>
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