That said, I'm not sure I'd put that much money into the 2400, given your usage, i.e., used to make a living.
Like Mike suggested, an iBook running OS 9.x would seem to offer similar speed, a common interface and much better integration and longer life with new apps, battery life, etc.
Heck, I'd buy the iBook and keep your 2400 as a backup.
Alternatively, if you can find a G3/320 machine, it's probably already got a big drive and max RAM(like mine)...buy it, and just sell yours.
In your case I wouldn't pay more for the G3/400, mostly because it runs hotter and you don't need the performance gain, which is minimal.
You can tell I don't make my living writing, but that's my 250 bytes. ;-)
Cheers...
On Mar 5, 2004, at 6:44 PM, Donald McCaig wrote:
Dear Gurus,
I'm a professional writer. Most of my considerable computer time is
with WordPerfect 7.6. I use the Internet for research and email. I can't
get DSL.
My 2400c/240 has accompanied me to Albania and Sonoma and crossed
the Rockies in my saddlebag. It has played MP3's through my car stereo on a
26 hour drive (stops for gas) Virginia/Sturgis SD. Alas, it has visited
DT&T three times in as many years: power board, processor, mother board.
While my 40 g hard drive is partitioned into 7.6.1, 8.6 and 9.1 - I
like 7.6. I am not particularly interested in mastering new software and am
indifferent to the pleasures of OSX.
But I would like to run cooler and faster.
So I want to buy a 320 or 400 Vimage copper processor. If that
processor is in a machine that's fine - but it's the processor I want.
I've not seen a processor for sale on EBay in two years. There've
been no more than a half dozen 320/400 machines in that time.
So here's my offer.
Some on the list who own 320's and 400's are considering a G3/12.1
ibook. On Ebay, they're going for 700-1100$. Others might have already
bought the ibook and have their 320/400 2400 on a shelf because they love
it and can't let it go.
Let it go to me.
I'll pay $350 for a working 320 processor. $450 for a 400.
If you don't want to extract the processor, I'll take your machine,
swap processors and sell it on ebay. For a 320/400 machine, in good shape
I'll pay $180 more:$530/630.
You can come close to swapping your 320/400 for a G3 ibook and I'll
have the fastest 7.6 in the universe - seems like a deal to me.
Please post me privately.
Donald McCaig
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