muttdog wrote: > It's hard to beat the Pismo even with some of the most > expensive new laptops out there. My friends who own > pricey new Macs are stunned at the performance I get > on my G3 400 Mhz. It handles just about everything I > throw at it except some streaming video. Even at that, > it churns through moderate rez web clips just fine. It's > easy to travel with, rugged, comfortable to work on and > infinitely flexible. I LOVE that it offers a PC slot for my > compact flash cards. I have a 17" Intel MacBook Pro > that I haven't seen in forever. I just prefer the Pismo. > > How many 10-year-old PC laptops are still out there > working as effectively as the Pismo? I bet not many. > I've owned two Sony Vaios made more recently than > the Pismo and they both croaked long ago. > With even a moderate amount of care I'm sure > it'll give you years of solid service. > I agree with all that's said here and more...if I can think of it. And I'm not familiar with that particular problem you mentioned either. I have two of these machines. > On Feb 12, 8:24 pm, The Wizard65 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I just recently purchased a G3 PowerBook Pismo, and I'm severely >> impressed on It's performance.Of course I also read that it has a down >> side, the AC/Sound board. Since it out performs my 1.8ghz Compaq >> Laptop, I can live with the fact that I will need to buy a replacement >> before it goes on me. Would anyone care to comment on this >> > > >
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