Thanks for the advice. BTW, I kept getting the Beta expired error on Office 98 with the 520c. Once I disabled the date and time control panel and removed the clock from the menu bar, it worked fine. Just a thought.
Thanks Kevin > Without throwing a lot of money at it? > > Buy a newer powerbook, and glue the 520 badge on it ;-P Technically, > you're not throwing money *at* the 520c, just around it... > > Maxing out ram is the best thing to do. Ram doubler is not a solution, > it is a band-aid. > > The second thing to do is realize it is NOT a high-end powerbook by any > means....if you really want to run Office 98, IE 5.1, and such at an > acceptable speed, the truly best idea will be to follow my first > advice, and buy a newer, more capable Powerbook. Lower end Wallstreets > are going for < $400 now, and 3400's and 1400's are readily available > for <$200. > > Office 98 will be a pig on it, upgraded or not. > > You'll want to use low-resource software like iCab, Nisus Writer and > such on it. > > I have a treasured old Claris Business Software CD with Claris Write, > Resolve, Filemaker, Draw and Appleworks 2 on it. > > This is ideal software for that machine (or any old Powerbook). Claris > Write and Resolve are functional and snappy on my 540c. If I needed to > do presentations, I have More, which is available online for free, and > runs like a charm. > > I use Netscape 4.08 on it, and it's passable, but sluggish. > > iCab is faster, but it seems like every time I try to use it the damn > beta's expired again, and I have to download it again. It's annoying. > > Older versions of Eudora, or Claris Mail are good POP mail programs for > it; I have an imap mail server and swear by MailDrop. It's purely text, > but it's fast and responsive, nearly as much as using Pine on the > server. > > I have an un-upgraded 540c, with maxed out ram, connected to 10 mbit > ethernet at work, and it's slow for web surfing. > > I also have a 5300c which is faster than even the PPC upgraded 500 and > it's still slow. > >> -- > "Wherever you go, there you are." - B. Banzai, Ph.D. > Bruce Johnson > > -- 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
