[Duo2400] Re: Choice between Duo 2300c and 2400c

[Ralph Mawyer]

While I agree that Majid's needs are minimal, and I don't know doodily(technical term) about Duos or their market value, I would have to think a $300-350 2400 would be a great machine with at least the opportunity for expansion. Heck, I've got one that won't run on a battery, but runs great on AC...and it would sell for $225. (Sidney thinks I can fix the problem if I'd just do a little surgery. ;-)...so cheap solutions are out there.

The only high maintenance situation I can think of is if you are unlucky enough to incur the wrath of GLOD or really need to live on your battery power for extended periods of time and need a new battery. Outside that, these things are very durable.

While I'm a bit timid about taking apart a perfectly good machine, replacing memory, harddrives or even a processor are not hard, you just have to be methodical and careful.

Cheers...

	My reasons for saying forget the 2400 is that it is a VERY
expensive high maintenance machine, which far outstrips his needs as he
describes them.  500's and Duos are machines you fix yourself, and sending
it off somewhere for a $200-300 each time.  With no other Powerbook before
this is this seriously proposed, and there ARE no businesses which
seriously repair ANY duo or any previously manufactured Powerbook.
	This is a touchy, high performance machine, to the best of my
knowledge, and proposing one aquires one for "play(ing) older games and
some light net usage" seems a little extreme to me, like suggesting a
beginning mechanic start by tuning a V-12 Jag motor, or tuning a 12-string
guitar.
Paul

At 4:42 PM -0500 12/6/02, Majid Charania wrote:

Also, both the 540c and the 280c are not PPC, and the upgrades for them are
hard to find and quite expensive for what they give you. RAM ceilings are
far too low to support any recent version of IE or Netscape.  And the
screens they both sport are miniscule to the point of uselessness.  Good

 >luck surfing the net on an 8.4" or a 9" screen.

Ralph Mawyer, Jr.
San Antonio, Texas

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