Hi Jonathan, Thanks for the reference, and the link. I was mostly thinking of an internal solution, however. One can always dream.
And an 802.11n card is a great upgrade! Another example of how incredibly versatile these machines can be. I'm quite content so far with the original 802.11b Airport card, but eventually I might upgrade it. Best, F On Oct 3, 5:07 am, Jonathan Doupe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Felix, > Thanks for your response on my pismo, I do believe > there is a graphics card update for the pismo, however it is a PCMCIA > card slot in version. I currently us my one and only card slot for a > 802.11n card as after my powerbook was made as fast as it could be I > went to work on the network, so I went 802.11n with my powermac too > and boy what a difference. I'd recommend it to anyone. You can get > the graphics card upgrade from here, > > http://www.macupgrades.co.uk/store/product_info.php?products_id=168 > > Hope this helps. > > Jonathan > On 2 Oct 2008, at 21:39, Ashgrove wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Jonathan, > > > Thanks for sharing your story. Sweet Pismo indeed! > > > I only wish the video card was upgradeable, too. Wouldn't it be neat? > > The only caveat these machines have (for me, at least) is the > > underpowered 8Mb video chip. > > > Best, > > > Felix > > > On Oct 2, 6:27 am, Jonathan Doupe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> 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 -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
