I don't know where you are located but Fyr's Electronics is selling a plextor 8x dual+-R/+-RW external dvd writer for $99.99 after rebate, Windows and MacOS support. --- Ben Dyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There was a CD-RW drive manufactured for the > Wallstreet, but it's > impossible to find these days. Unlike the Lombard > and Pismo, you can't > just replace the drive in the expansion bay module > with a standard > low-profile optical drive. At this stage, your only > option is to get an > external device. > > OS X runs quite well on the 292 and 300MHz > Wallstreets, and acceptably > on the 266MHz. Anything slower and you'll be > frustrated. Jaguar is the > last OS officially supported by Apple, but 10.3 can > be installed with > the aid of XPostFacto. 384MB RAM is really the > minimum for OS X. Less > than that and things like launching applications and > switching between > open applications become unacceptably slow. Some > people have had > problems using 512MB RAM under 10.3, but I've never > run into it on > either of my PowerBooks. For maximum performance, > set your monitor to > thousands of colours mode. To speed QT movie > playback, there's a > modification you can make to the video drivers, but > I recommend staying > away from that unless it's really necessary for you. > > A 10GB hard disk is enough to install a > stripped-down version of > Panther and still have enough room left over for a > decent set of > programs and documents. Panther will take up about > 1-1.5GB over the top > of your existing OS 9 installation (probably about > 500MB of system and > applications). > > Cheers, > Ben > > On 23 Oct 2004, at 01:43, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > I recently purchased a Powerbook G3 wallstreet. I > was wondering about > > two > > possible upgrades. First, what are my options for > upgrading to a CDRW. > > Is there > > an internal drive that was made for the > wallstreet, OEM or thirdparty? > > I know I > > could probably buy a firewire upgrade card and buy > an external drive > > but I > > would like to avoid that if I could. Also, what > are my options for > > running OSX > > on my wallstreet. The system has 384 MB Ram and a > 10 GB HD. Any info > > would be > > greatly appreciated. Thanks. > > > > Coleman Ford > > > > -- > > 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 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > -- > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
