Re: maxing out a beige g-3

[Bonnie]

My suggestions: add more ram. My machine (beige 266 MT) became much 
more stable when I bumped it up to 640 mb. The more the better. Also, 
if you ever decide to go to OS X you will need it. I have also been 
happy with a G4/500 zif upgrade. It made OS 9 much faster, and without 
it OS X is way too slow to use (IMHO). I got a usb/firewire card to run 
a new printer and camera (both usb) and an external firewire drive. Now 
I am trying to slowly  upgrade everything so I can quit using classic 
and have everything run on OS X. Is any of this cost effective? 
Probably not, I just like to tinker :-)

Bonnie

On Tuesday, February 24, 2004, at 02:04  PM, Katzy wrote:

Hey all,

I have a beige g3/233 that's still steaming along, but lately it (or I)
seems to be  developing a case of Megahertz-envy  ;)
Most of the time it's adequate for what I need to do (OE, IE, Word, 
Quicken,
SoundJam, etc... I don't play games much anymore... sigh...) but on the
(rare) occasions that I'm doing audio editing or graphics work it 
really
shows its age.

I've added ram (224 megs total), a usb card, and swapped the stock hd 
(which
died) for a 20 gig 7200rpm drive. I also have a not-insignificant 
investment
in "legacy" peripherals (ADB trackball & wacom tablet; SCSI drives-- 
CDRW,
Zip & hard drive; serial printer & modem etc.)

I would ideally like to keep using this setup until it falls apart 
(like the
car at the end of "Blues Brothers"), but I assume there must be a 
point when
upgrading becomes a waste of time, money and energy...

Anybody have recommendations for "must have" upgrades? More RAM? 
Processor
upgrade (g3/g4)? video card? firewire? ATA controller? DVD? OS X?

Anybody have a "cut-my-losses-and-buy-a-new-mac" rule of thumb?

TIA,
etan


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