Good Morning everyone I have been mulling over the pros and cons of the upgrade to a 500-600 mhz G3 at $500 dollars.
The new ibook is small and powerful, but it doesn't hold any desirability for me . Maybe it is because of it's rather bland design , or it's choice of finish and color. As I think of the reasons that I decided to get a 2400, one has to be it's exclusivity. I cannot speak for anyone else, but for me the fact that not everyone has a 2400 is a real point of pride for myself. I love the reaction I get from people up here, in the great white north, when I pull out my 2400. It would be these reactions and the fact that I can add it to whatever I am carrying and not feel burdened by it's size and weight. This weight and size factor would prompt me to upgrade the 2400. This said. Let's face it an iBook is only slightly bigger and slightly heavier. In My opinion these differences aren't great enough to keep me from substituting the 2400 with an iBook. The reasons , for me ,are more personal ones . Such as: � More professional looking ( don't laugh ) � Sexy design... All those lovely curves � Exclusivity ( not everyone owns a 2400 ) � Less valuable which enables me to tinker without great financial risk. � Old school apple technology ,adb,scsi, floppy drive (allot of my clients still use these things professionaly) � PCMCIA slots This is probably the biggest reason. If the iBook had a PCMCIA slot, I would have re-painted it and taken out a mortgage to own one if I had to. � recent drop in value that allows me to replace broken parts at a reasonable cost. For me , speed was never an issue. I come from a graphic design point of view .The first Mac I used was a IIfx . Ten thousand Canadian with no ram added and slow as molasses in December. The fastest new computer I've ever owned was the PPC 9600/200 tower. At this point I was more than happy with the speed, Even in photoshop. I bought this machine a few years before I went back to school At work I use a G4 tower running at 400 mhz. Yup it's fast, feels like light speed compared to the 2400. but I am doing very day to day things with my 2400 . I surf the net , answer emails, work out my finances, track my billable work hours., type letters and bring up photoshop and illustrator files to look at and show clients. The 603 processor is more than enough for all of this. I have considered a G3 upgrade for the 2400 but they are still too expensive for my shallow pockets.As for the ram limitations, I do agree with Sydney Ho, who wrote: The bigger problem is that even on desktops with 512 mb - 1 gb ram, keeping 20 programs from bumping into each other in a stable stack for prolonged operations is somewhere between tough and impossible. I defy those having 512 mb - 1 gb ram to show they really need it and use it efficiently--unless they are doing Photoshop and animation all day in which case this forum is not the right place. My G4 has 500 mb of ram, OS 9.2 and I rarely go to 180 megs at any given time. Even when creating wire frames for 3d rendering. All of this said I would pay $300 U.S. ($480 Canadian) for a 500 mhz G3 upgrade It is always nice to have the speed, and this is a reasonable price to me. Any more and it's upgrade to an iBook time. For everyone's info I also have a G3 pismo that My company gave me to carry around. I leave it at home and carry the 2400 . My boss is OK with this only because I am always taking things home (on a firewire external drive) to work on. I've put the 400mhz powerbook up against a Titanium powerbook 400mhz both running 9.1 and there is no noticeable difference except on altivec enhanced operations. Time to go to work. Cheers Carlos ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Need help from a real person? Try. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------- Dr. Bott | 10/100 Ethernet for your 2400 is finally here! MPC-100 | <http://www.drbott.com/prod/mpc100.html> RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at <http://roadtools.com> Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only $879! Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! <http://www.macresq.com>
