Dear Thierry: Most people would recommend a 9500, and you wouldn't go wrong with one of these.
But an 8500 is even cheaper--they're almost giving them away--and an 8500 holds enough memory and runs at a fast enough speed (with G3/G4 upgrade) to do anything but video editing. I've been using a hot rodded 8500 with 512m memory for three months now, and feel no need for anything faster or more powerful, even for sound editing, page layout and photoshop, never mind ordinary text editing and web surfing. Herb >From: lesnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PCI PowerMacs) >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PCI PowerMacs) >Subject: Re: Time for a new Mac >Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 10:48:51 +0100 > > > I have a 4400 with 160 meg of ram and a G3 320 card. I am slowly out > > growing my system as I have upgraded to Office 2001 and Photoshop 7 and >a > > few other new programs. Now that I can open fewer programs at one time >and > > things are really moving slowly I find I might be in the market for >another > > Mac model. I can not afford a new one but I can afford one of the older >Mac > > and just keep my PCI cards, add some cheap memory and a G3 or G4 card >and I > > will be moving right along. Memory being the biggest problem with my >4000. > > > > Can anyone make a recommendation as too what Mac would be a great buy >for > > expandable memory, PCI availability and the best to upgrade to a G3 or >G4 > > card. > >Hi, >if you are not moving to a new computer that will definitely rock with >those 2 apps, maybe the best would be to downgrade your apps to Office >98 and PS 5.5 or less. I have noticed on my Performa 6500/G3/350 that I >get a more snappy app usage when I use Dreamweaver 2.0 instead of 3.0; >all I >miss presently is the possibility of saving the format of a text when I >copy paste in DW 2 from Word or another text editor. But I can use other >apps (such as Adobe Page Mill, or maybe BBEdit) for that purpose. >Moreover, that saves RAM. >Thierry > >-- >PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > >PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> > --> 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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > >Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> 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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
