Hi, Sorry if this has been asked before but I'm one of those very few ;-) people who is contemplating upgrading the faithful pismo - currently with 384Mb Ram and 20Gb hard disk running OS 9.2.2 Jaguar is tempting because it might make some things easier - especially networking to the linux box but not a big deal. Before even thinking of OSX, though, I suspect RAM and possibly disk upgrades are de rigour.
I notice the main dealers sell 512Mb SODIMS for the PB but the official apple spec (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=43126) states that Max is 256 per slot i.e. 512 Mb. Does it 'just work' or are there some caveats? Also can one just stuff in a bigger disk? (I remember the old days of Mac IIsi and PPC6100/60) where 'non apple' disks weren't recognized by the apple tools. I noticed some people were discussing reliability etc. My 2cents / 0.01905 euro: My Pismo is 2 1/2 years old and used to travel a lot (on the road every other week) and often shuttled between work and home on the back of a montain bike. So fa, it's been great. A slightly bigger screen (resolution) would be nice. it compares favorably with the PC laptop (work provided) which is falling apart after 6 months and weights considerably more. Also the mac ergomics are streets ahead. One minor niggle is on the PC (and ones I've used since the mid 90's), you could tap on the trackpad to mouse click - do the newer iBooks/PowerBooks support this? TIA Pete. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
