Your upgrades look reasonable, except I have to ask how much photo manipulation you are going to be doing. A G4 with the full PhotoShop software will work quicker than the G3. If your photo work is light duty and peripheral to what you are doing the G3/450 will be quite sufficient. You can stick with the 2 port USB card, as they tend to work better in older Macs than a 4 port card. If you want to add additional USB devices later, you can always buy a USB hub and connect multiple devices to the hub and the hub to the computer. One note about hubs, buy a name brand unit (Macalley, Belkin, Asante) as I have had bad luck with the cheap generic ones. I wouldn't buy a Firewire/USB combo card as you will pay a premium right now for them, and you can always buy just the firewire card later. Also, don't install all of the hardware changes at one time. Install the RAM or the CPU first and then make sure the Mac is stable for a week. Then install the other item. When you install the RAM, make sure to turn off Virtual Memory in the Memory Control Panel. Also after you install the RAM, the Mac will sit at the grey screen for a long time (especially if it is with the 100 Mhz CPU) while it checks it when you start the computer. Unless you are good mechanically, you might consider having someone with some technical know-how install the RAM and CPU. The one thing you haven't mentioned is the hard drive you have installed, how big is it and how much do you have available. The original hard drives that shipped with Macs were not very fast and will impact the speed of you machine.
All the best. >Hello All, > >BLISS! I stumbled on this page after 5 days research using a VERY slow >internet connection to try to decide how to upgrade. Having absorbed from >the net all that my intellect could handle, the e-waters were still muddy. > >History: >I bought a second-hand 7500/100 with 64RAM memory three years ago. This >was/is my first computer (really, I knew NOTHINGGG, as Schultz used to say >to Klink...this will tell you my age!). > >I have been very happy with it until recently when I made a brochure on MS >Word which included scanned photos + text. My machine slowed to a crawl (at >best) by the time I got to the second page, or else froze solid. > >Normally, I use: >MS Word, >Photo Deluxe (Adobe), and ACDSee (opens VERY slowly) for editing. > >Plugged into the back of the 7500 I have: >1.) Epson InkJet Printer 740 (Unbearably slow if there is any other >operation in progress) >2.) US-Robotics modem >3.) Iomega Zip 100. (zip disk gizmo). > >I just bought: >4.) A scanner: Epson Perfection 1250 (1200x2400 dpi) >5.) Cordless MouseMan Optical (Logitech) mouse >6.) A Belkin card with 2 USB ports so that I can connect Nos. 4 and 5. > >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. > >Would some kind soul glance over the above and say "OK", or "nay", and >perhaps help with some fine-tuning where necessary? I would VERY much >appreciate it. This is my best research effort, but if I am forgetting >something, finding out what it is and adding it to the cost of the existing >shipment would save time and money. -- Mr. PopMan - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "Does anybody want to play a game of pinball?" In the end, life lived to its fullest is its own Ultimate Gift. Jim Stovall-The Ultimate Gift -- 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
