On 1/1/2003, Pete Gregory enlightened us by writing: >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 You're not one of those few, IMHO and based on the number of people posting to this list who are considering or have done just that type of thing... :-)
>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? Just the usual ones - get good reliable SODIMM's, and keep your Pismo plugged in when swapping the battery (the 1GB RAM load is too much for the backup batter, so you'd lose your PRAM settings - or whatever they're called now) >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. Based on the experiences of other Pismo owners I've read on this list, the Apple tools don't appear to be as picky nowadays (maybe because Apple used both IBM and Toshiba HD's in the Pismo?). It would appear that your main concern would be physical size to fit, and I believe stay at the 5400 RPM or below for drive speed. IIRC, the 7200 drives create too much heat. >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? Go open up the Trackpad control panel and I believe the bottom choice allows you to select this. HTH, Jim Rohde "Yeah, the PC will never die. there's too much tech-support money to be made." - Philip Dyer -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
