Both issues addressed with far more upward compatibility that you will ever have with
the 2400.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I use the 2400 PC Card Slot to read compact flash cards from my digital
> camera. I tried a USB reader and found it as bad as a serial port
> connection. I also find the PC Card Slot more useful and adaptable than
> any other port.
http://www.synchrotech.com/product-1394/card-rw_00.html
>
>
> The other feature on the proposed Son of Pismo I find useful is the IrDA.
> I use this every day to sync my Palm and sometimes to print. Things
> would be much more complicated for me without IrDA.
http://www.clarinetsys.com/site/products-page/personal-page/ESB301-page/ESB301.htm
> I cannot help feeling the while the
> iBook may be very appealing now, in a year or two, because of limited
> expansibility, it will be at a dead end.
>
I doubt it. Issues such as yours have only just started to be addressed. Apple is
going to drop IRDA technology from their Pro line PowerBooks one day soon (just like
they dropped floppy support) and any number of vendors flooded in to fill the void
"for the rest of us".
Think about the idea of limited expandability. When you bought the 2400 new it cost
you $3,500. In order to expand it you need to invest another $1,000 at least. That's
a total investment of $4,500+!! Today, you can by a new, much more powerful iBook for
$1,299. In a year when you want to upgrade, it may even cost you less for a whole new
machine that does even more. Plus for under an additional $200, you can find away to
make the iBook do almost anything you need it to, as I have shown. Unlike even 3
years ago, the cost of these new machines make the question of expansion pointless.
Need a new processor? Just buy the latest model ... Isn't backward compatible? No
problem, wait a few months and get an adapter. The only reason not to buy the latest
technology is because it doesn't suit your needs ... the reason 2400 users have been
hanging on sooooo long (Thank you Apple!). But the wait is over. Or, wait until next
year when they trim the iBook even more. But Apple has addressed the problem.
I will likely never get rid of my Duo 2300, just like I will never get rid of my Mac
128k. What will I use them for? Not much, but playing with them makes me happy.
Besides the resale value of these old computers just makes selling them pointless. So
stop throwing good money after bad on dead-end technology when you don't have to.
Think how much better it will be to actually surf the web in "real time", watch DVDs
on the road and have the computer actually startup in the morning before your coffee
gets cold!
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