Chiming in: I recently got a Pismo 400 G3 (hoping to find G4 550 when I have the $$), 768MB, 120(!) GB--does fine--Panther at the moment, the accompanying iLife, at least Tiger to come, bumping aside the Lombard I hope to sell; should be great for slideshows & who knows what else (one of the last things my mother's failing eyesight saw while she was still with us was Rocky Top Sailing Regatta 2007 (2006?) on the Lombard--emotional attachment to the critters plus getting use out of such an old item "warms the cockles of my little black heart" so to speak--as you're saying, 8 years old & rocks).
What uses are _you_ guys putting the Lombards and particularly Pismo[e]s to, beyond "just" slideshows? Doug LaVerne 37830 Pismo, Lombard/400/512/40, MBP, iMac 333/512/80/BlW On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 7:11 AM, Simon Royal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jonathan > > I thought I would share my Pismo joys with you. > > Mine is a 400mhz G3 model, maxxed to 1GB of RAM, a super silent super quick > 5400RPM 40GB hard drive, a UJ-846 dual layer slot loading dvd burner and > Airport card. > > It too is in mint condition and rocks. This thing flies along. Hard to > believe sometimes it is a 8 year old low end G3. > > Simon > > --- www.simonroyal.co.uk and www.nmug.org.uk (sent using Nokia E71) > > -original message- > Subject: Re: G4 Pismo > From: Jonathan Doupe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 02/10/2008 11:27 > > > Hi Simon and Felix, > I never really get involved in > the chat's on the g-books forum, but I thought I'd put a reply on > this one. I have a Pismo maxed out to 1 gig ram with the daystar G4 > 550 chip and that's not all, I also upgraded the cdrom to a dvd rw > drive, and boy what a difference, definitely worth the upgrading, as > mine is like a new laptop and I'm very pleased with it. > > Jonathan > On 1 Oct 2008, at 22:28, Ashgrove wrote: > > > > > Hi Simon, > > > > I'm now the proud owner of Tom's G4 upgraded Lombard (hi, Tom!). It is > > definitely zippier, and very stable. It's noticeably faster than my > > 500Mhz G3 Pismo --although this one has a whole gig of RAM, and the > > Lombard is maxed out at 512Mb. > > > > The Lombard's G4 upgrade is only 466mhz, so combine the 550mhz G4 > > upgrade for the Pismo with double the memory, and the maths' easy. > > > > FastMac and Wegener Media also sell G4 upgrades for the Pismo. You > > might wanna check them out. > > > > Love your columns in Low End Mac, by the way. > > > > Good luck, > > > > Felix > > > > On Sep 30, 9:43 pm, Tom and Lisa Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >>> >Where I could get a G4 upgrade from. > >> > >>>> Simon > >> > >>> daystar.com > >> > >>> Let us know what you think of their product, I have a Lombard > >>> that I would > >>> not mind upgrading too. > >> > >>> Bruno > >> > >> I had a lombard with a G4 processor that worked great for me (from > >> Daystar). > >> > >> Mad Dog > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
