On Aug 15, 2004, at 2:21 AM, kaldav wrote:
Hello,
I would value people's suggestions regarding a laptop to purchase second hand.
It needs to be faster than my 3400, run both OS9 and OSX, preferably able to boot into OS9 as I have software to run and little for OSX.
What would be the model to get (a Pismo?), the optimum ram and hard drive size needed to run this effectively.
Presently I have serial connection printers (Epson 600 and Apple Stylewriter 2500) but would not find changing the printer to USB, etc. a factor.
Thanks.
Having both a Lombard and a Pismo, I personally say Pismo. The difference you will see between OS X performance will be big. The Lombard is acceptable, but if you want to do anything that uses OpenGL, watch the occasional DVD, etc, the Pismo is then your only choice. The Lombard's video chip is pretty poor (of course, I started on a Voodoo 3 back in 1999 for my 8600, which still beats out the Rage 128 Mobility in the Pismo), so the quality of anything 16-bit isn't great, but you need 16-bit to get video speed from it. The firewire is a plus too.
Regards, Adam Thayer
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