Keep the Belkin card.
4USB port cards are less reliable than the 2 port cards.
Get a powered USB hub, which supplies additional ports.
Avoid Firewire till you are sure you need it.
Do get a G3 card.
Consider the XLR8 G3 cards,
which have the reputation of being the best.
I use OWC nonEDO ram in my 7600, t
though lots of folks say the EDO is ok.
Do get 4 sticks of 128MB.
BTW, there are G3 400MHz cards for ~US$100, if you do some more shopping.
However, I still favor the XLR8 brand.
> I bought a 7500/100 with 64RAM memory three years ago. This
> is my first computer
> ...recently when I made a brochure on
> Word w/ scanned photos + text, my machine slowed to a crawl
> ... or else froze .
> I use:
> MS Word,
> Photo Deluxe, and ACDSee (opens VERY slowly) for editing.
>
> Questions:
> 1. Should I return the Belkin card and get another one with more than 2 USB
> ports and, perhaps, two "FireWire" ports? I believe FireWire has to do with
> video, which I do not use, but in the (quite distant) future I might buy a
> digital camera. Besides, the two USB ports will be filled up immediately.
> If it generally speeds up the applications mentioned above, I would be
> happy.
> 2. After my week of reading, I think I should get a Sonnet G3/450/250
> upgrade card. It costs US$150, which I have to convert to Canadian dollars,
> plus duty. I am happy running OS 8.6. The Canadian suppliers want Can.$349
> for the 500MHz, which, from reading your site, I probably do not need.
> 3. OWC has OWC 5V EDO DIMMs:
> 128MB 168 Pin Mac 5V DIMM 60NS 4K FPM EDO (2K per bank) w/Lifetime Warranty
> (OWC5MD128MBE) for US$27.95.
> At this price I can afford to buy 4 of them, totalling 512MB.
>
> ...Please ... say "OK", or "nay", and
> help with fine-tuning.
> Many thanks,
> Joan
>
> s
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