Re: [PCI] Pmac 5500/225 Upgrade

[Mike T.]

No, no....not an iMac. I'm referring to the Beige All-in-One model, the 
all-in-one cousin of the Beige "old-world" G3 that was sold to the 
education market. The model that replaced the 5500 and was replaced by 
the bondi blue iMac. The A-I-O beige model, like the original iMac, had 
a 15 inch color screen, 233mhz g3 proc., 32mb ram and OS 8.1, but was 
better in that it had  3 pci slots, so it was as powerful but also 
upgradeable. Unfortunately, it had no USB ports, but a usb/firewire card 
can fix that easily. Processor can also be more cheaply upgraded, 
although it can only take onboard vram chips up to 6mb ram. You could 
put a PCI video card and an outboard monitor, however. Great computer, 
cheap on eBay compared to a 5500+memory+g3 upgrade.

David P wrote:

I'm more of a retro person, so the iMacs don't really appeal to me. I've got
a black Macintosh (with matching black keyboard and mouse to boot) which is
one reason I bought it. The second, is the TV/FM Radio card that's sat
inside it, along with the Video In.... Not many iMacs can say they've got
all those ;)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike T." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "PCI PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 12:19 AM
Subject: Re: [PCI] Pmac 5500/225 Upgrade
 

Honestly, I see lots of Beige g3 all-in-ones on eBay for around $130 all
the time. The amount of cash necessary to  upgrade a 5500 computer would
easily come to this amount for a lesser computer. The 5500/6500 has one
severe limitation, and that's a 128mb RAM limit. I came across a
5500/225 at a yard sale here in the states for almost nothing and set it
up for my parents to surf the web and email. If that's all you do, then
upgrading this computer is fine. For anything else, I'd look to a beige
g3 or maybe a cheap 7500/7600/7300. These computers can be upgraded a
lot more and much more cheaply. But I'd try to find a reasonably priced
All-In-One Beige g3 first. You might spend a bit more up front, but it
will stay with you longer I'd think.
..........................................Mike T.



David P wrote:

   

I'm in the UK :)

a 275 would make my mac a Happy Mac.

All I'd need now, is lots of nice memory for it. (mine's only got 32
     

meg).
 

Dave.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Marlow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "PCI PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: [PCI] Pmac 5500/225 Upgrade
On 3/3/04 16:11, "David P" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:



     

Anybody know the best processor upgrades for a 5500/225? I believe the
       

L2
 

Cache stick gets swapped for the uprade. Which is the best to get hold
       

of?
 



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