> Praise the lord my search is over! I have found the promised land! Just when I >thought I was the > last surviving Mac user, I begin to realize that there is a thriving community for >us. So now I > am gonna make use of it! > > I have an 8500/120, 32MB RAM. I want to upgrade it, relatively cheaply. I am not >looking to > make it a hot rod, just improve the performance a bit. I like the machine and don't >want to give > it up. I have been watching ebay for upgrade cards, but so far haven't had the guts >to spend more > $$ on something that I am not really sure about, performance-wise. I have visited >many websites, > only to become hopelessly confused. What about memory? Think another 128MB should >be enough? > Any other things I should think about? > > Thanks > pf >
I put a 200 mhz card in my 7500, then got a 256 mb cache card--that fairly reasonable speed increase for a cash outlay of about $35. I recently saw a 200 mhz card on ebay go for just under $20. Memory is cheap these days, 128 mb will go for under $30 at OtherWorld Computing for example. And take a look at the G3 upgrade cards from OWC. Ken Grunke -- 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
