......................................Mike T.
Sherman Chen wrote:
So,
What you are saying best to keep the Plus, the Yikes!, the IIci, and the 12" Powerbook and junk the rest?
Sherman
On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 18:18:21 -0500, Mike T. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'd keep the highest mhz non-PPC around just to translate the disks from 800k to 1.44mb floppy's. Keep the Yikes g4 -- that can be upgraded much easier and last a hell of a lot longer than the others, especially if you want Mac OS X at some point and dual boot to OS 9. I'd never give that up. I have a 7300 g3 300mhz and used to keep an old SE around for that very reason. The 7300 I picked up for a steal a while back and just had the extra cash to upgrade it a little. But don't give up the G4 -- that will be the bread and butter computer here in the future, especially as older hardware and PCI/AGP cards start falling in price. At the very least you could just upgrade the Yikes to 9.2.2 to make use of iTunes, cd burning software, etc., which you can't do with the 7600, not without hacks and headaches. The amount of money spent upgrading will go further and be more meaningful with the G4. Of course, it is always cool to have an older Mac as a "project" computer, but that depends on how much disposable income you have. If the answer is "not a lot", I'd hold on to the Yikes for dear life and lose a few of the others.
......................................Mike T.
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