To make the Pismo work at it's best it needs 1Gb of memory which makes a world of difference in speed using all applications.
A 20Gb HD is not good enough if you want to do anything serious on the Pismo, at least a 160Gb drive is needed for all the storage needed today, since even audio files can be very large. A good battery is also required for the laptop to be useable, otherwise just get a iMack if you are only going to use it plugged in. OWC prices: 1Gb (two 512) memory $65 160 Gb 5400epm HD $75 New Battery-Stock size $100 High Capacity $150 That makes your $100 Pismo a $390 laptop! You can always get by with less, but if you want to get the most out of the Pismo is needs to be done right. Tom On 2/18/09 11:44 AM, "Brian Troisi" <[email protected]> wrote: > When I got mine, I'd say it would be suitable for audio recording > (before any upgrades.) a 20 GB HD is good enough (you can always use > an external firewire hd,) 192 MB RAM is not too slow, and Panther > (runs Audacity well) makes the machine more than suitable for simple > audio recording IMO. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
