Hi Kevin, > I just bought a PowerBook 520c. It is running OS 8.0 and has 16 Mb of > RAM. It also has RAM doubler 2 installed. I just installed IE 5.1 to use > with my DSL. > > I did a little web surfing and found it to be painfully slow. I even > turned off all of the web content graphics. Still slow. > > What can I do to speed this thing up without throwing a lot of money > in > to it? I would like to use it for occasional web surfing and e-mail. > Also > for working with Office 98.
Internet will be slow anyway on that old machine, especially with only 16MB of real RAM. You can speed the things up a bit by using Netscape 4.08 or iCab instead of IE. If you really want speed, try Netscape 2 which is very fast on a 520 but unfortunately not compatible with most of web pages. For email, Eudora Light 3 is the way to go : free, fast, convenient... Concerning Office, I would not go above word 5 and excel 4 on that machine (though I�ve never tried Office 98 on my 520, it�s maybe not too bad). And I think that downgrading your OS to 7.6.1 or even 7.1 would give some more fresh air to your powerbook (except if you have a PowerPC card installed). Peace, Mehdi -- 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! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
