Kevin, First and foremost.....upgrade to OS 8.1.
OS 8.0 is excruciatingly slow. MaxTek From: Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: PowerBook's <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 8:26 PM Subject: Upgrading a 520c > 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. > > > Thanks > > Kevin -- 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
