on 9/21/05 12:48 PM, Brian Stewart at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have found a; > 14" Powerbook - G3 233 Wallstreet > I suspect the model is the CHEAP-O Cacheless model > The person selling it wants $100 USD which appears in line with E-Bay > prices. The nice thing is I don't have to pay shipping. The battery > is messed up and I have to test the CD-ROM drive. It has a > powersupply, clear display and is in good overall condition. > > Anything I should watch out for? > > I am not worried about the 233 Cachelss, people are selling 250 G3 > and 290 G3 upgrades on e-bay very reasonably. > > any expericne running Mac OS X on this item > > etc, etc, etc > > If you guys give it the thumbs down I'm not going to buy it. > > Thank You > > Brian >
I am typing this on a 233MHz/512KB cache model with a 14'' screen. I am pretty sure that the 14'' models did not come on the 233MHz cacheless. I'm not sure because I built mine from a box of parts and I only had the one WSII CPU to use. So I used a WSII mobo, WSII 233 CPU and managed to scrap together a nice little machine. I get 6 hours off the dual batteries, 6 hours use! I get 2 weeks plus on standby as I recently tested. Although it seems nothing in Apple i cheap I found this upgrade reasonable. http://www.wegenermedia.com/wllst400.htm Its a G3 400MHz/1MB cache CPU. Supports 512MB of RAM also. Should be nice for running OS X. I had a Lombard before and I can tell you OS 10.2 ran dog low on that, with 382MB RAM. So I will not even attempt OSX on this little 233 right now. Of course you'll want a bigger HD also but ince the transfer rate is slow I wouldn't recommend paying extra for a 7200, the 4200/5400 would be fine. Also be careful of ATA6 HD's as they appear to not work in these old PB models. Another consideration would be the video memory. Since it is a 14'' it mot likely has 4MB's but there is the possibility it is only 2. The tell-tale sign is if it has S-Video or not. If it has S-Video it is 4MB if not it is only 2. If you are interested I have some WSII mobo's but no CPU's if you would like to find or buy that upgrade and go that route. I got mine extremely cheap and I fairly impressed with the little guy but it is very slow and old. It's worth it to m e to upgrade it since my initial cost was so low, but if I were buying one off eBay I'd save my money and go for an iBook snow or a faster PB, say a G3 400 or better. OS X will run a lot better and the upgrade path seems to be longer. -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
