>I have a 5300cs with 64 megs of ram...and it's slower on the internet than a >Toshiba 75Mz pentium. Can you tell me why? It's also slower than my PB280 >and way slower than our 2300c!! You need to SpeedDoubler 8 (no longer sold but available) to speed up emulation. Remember, the 603e is a low-power chip, comparable to a Power Mac 6100/60 (PPC 601 chip). Equally, a Celeron 1GHz is not going to be as fast as a PIII-1Ghz.
I seriously doublt your 5300 is slower than your 2300, though, unless the 2300 has a SCSI drive. The 280 will be faster in 040 applications and also has a SCSI drive. The 5300 runs a v. slow IDE drive (4050rpm). You also need to ensure the PPC native versions of software are loaded - such as Netscape or whatever. IE will run v. slowly, but Netscape 4.08 (Navigator not Communicator) is good and has up to date security certificates. I used to have a work P90 running Win 95 & Netscape 3 and it was _not_ much faster than my 5300, side-by-side. My bigger, faster HD in the 5300 helped, but the desktop still had a faster (5,400rpm) drive and more RAM. On a 100bT network running 10bT, the 5300 was sufficiently fast, downloading from some sites (Apple, MS) @ 200K/per second. Refresh rates on the browser won't be esp. quick, but it is, after all, a 7-year old design. It will actually do java, while I wouldn't ask a 280 to do java at all. If you want faster browsing, turn images in iCab, Netscape or Opera off and only manually load the ones you need. The other advantage the 5300 has over the 280 is in graphics. The 280 has no FPU and is terribly slow drawing images. The 5300 is usable with Graphic Converter/mild Photoshop (earlier versions) and scanning, while it handles digicam photos with no problem. You'd die waiting for a 500K jpeg to decompress on a 280. If they're not fast enough for you, you need to look into getting a faster Mac. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac <http://www.insanely-great.com> mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> RD's PowerBook page: <http://www.macpowerbook.com> -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at <http://roadtools.com>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> 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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
