I'm a translator by trade, and all my machines serve similar purposes: work (wordprocessing, mostly), Web browsing, email, and, for fun, DVD playing. I dabble at video and photo processing on other, newer machines, as it would be a little frustrating in the Pismo and the Lombard --although the G4-ed Lombard does Photoshop pretty decently.
Tiger --preferably a clean install-- will run even faster in that machine. You'll see. They are easy to love, these old beasts. They're so comfortable to hold, and the keyboards are like the best ever (everybody wonders why Apple stopped using them). Peace, F On Oct 2, 8:54 am, "Doug LaVerne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.ukandwww.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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
