Joe Hermosa wrote:
> I have a Power Macintosh 7300/200 with 112 ram and 2 gig hard drive. I use
>Photoshop and want to open large files (8x10 Photos at 300 dpi) sometimes 8 or 10 at
>a time sometimes more. I was thinking of upgrading my computer but a friend of mine
>who is into upgrading told me that because of the high cost of putting in a scsi type
>hard drive and the expensive cost of memory for this in relation to the low cost of
>new memory for the G3 or G4 and also that I would probably need a new G3 or G4 card,
>that I would probably be better off buying a new G4 probably the 733 since they have
>come out with a faster one and the price of the G4 733 had dropped. Also since I am
>a photographer and just use photoshop and do not use any other programs such as Quark
>or Illustrator I might be able to get away with an IMac even though the monitor is
>smaller. The only thing about the IMac (he said) is that it does not have much room
>for upgrading. Does anybody have any comments on the above? Should
> I upgrade and if so how? Or should I try to purchase a newer computer? And if so
>which one? Thanks for your help.
If money is no object I would get a new G4, unfortunately in my life money is
difficult to come by.
I also have external SCSI devices and a serial printer that I didn't want to have to
replace, so I got an XLR8 ZIF carrier card for my 7300 and put in a G3 350 ZIF from a
B&W G3 someone else pulled to upgrade to G4. It is running great at 400 MHz. Handles
my photoshop requirements great!
I think upgrading is cost effective IF you have a large amount of cash into the
computer peripherals. If you have just an old printer and the CPU I would suggest
going new and getting a photo quality printer to go with the new G4....
Just my small change (2¢) worth!
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