Hey Terry and all, This is an excellent point that the more you begin with the easier it is to come up to speed, however you get alot of mileage from your dollar dolling up an old Pismo. That said, buying a non operating unit may be just frustration, wasted time and money. My problem is that I'm having way too much fun making something out an old Sunday school (unmolested, out of date) G3. Now I still belive the G3 Pismo is the biggest secret in MacLand, as I drop another chunk of cash into a shoehorn and that giganic hard drive I found on ebay. Very addicting...... Jim M.
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:35:33 -0700 Subject: Re: considering the g3 powerbooks and a tad confused From: [email protected] To: [email protected] on a separate note, try to get a Pismo with as many upgrades already in the package as upgrading hard drives, RAM batteries and any defective parts will ding you to the point that you will kick yourself for not buying a complete one to start out with. So beware of the $50 fixer upper as that will cost you more in the long run for parts upgrades. Here is an example of parts upgrade prices, these are ebay prices on the low end 256 RAM card PC100 $15512 RAM card PC133 $25-$35Used good battery $35-40AC adapter $15-20DVD-ROM drive $15-20Replacement LCD $20+Broken hinges $12+ 20GB+ hard drive $15++ TERRYIrvine CA On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:57 PM, wren <[email protected]> wrote: Thanks Bruce, Terry and Jim. Those are great points for me, Terry, I'll be googling. :D Jim, I'm glad to hear how much you like your Pismo. That helps to know. This list is a fantastic resource. There's a lot more good working life left in these G3's than the average person knows about - and I'm glad I asked all these questions of the right people. I think I'm set now with my questions. Just waiting to sell a few things on ebay - then I'll go hunting seriously for my Pismo. Even if the cash would be available for the G4, I think I'll stay with the Pismo, the extra cash has other places it could go. Thanks you all. _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: It works the way you want. Learn more. http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen2:102009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
