> I would actually be intrested in what you did too your 1400..I'm also an > owner of a 1400cs, and I'm waying the benifits of upgrading or selling it... > It's painfully slow at 117mhz with only 16megs of ram on board.
Nathan, A lot of people gave some good ideas for upgrades--should be all we could ever need. I am grateful to everyone for helping me sort it out. The ones I used immediately on the book as it stands are: 1) using Battery Amnesia to fully discharge my batteries, then fully charging them and checking their state with My Battery. 2)Turning off all extensions, and control panels I didn't need (I'm going to make subsets for different tasks, too, e.g., an extension set that's only on when I print.) Extension Overload is invaluable here (it also has a bunch of good speed tips like making sure Appleshare is turned off). 3) Fixing the trackpad with Climate control extension 4)Using the less intensive software that Ken mentioned-- > Choosing software can also make the PB faster. iCab, Eudora Lite, BBEdit > Lite, Claris Works 4, Battery Amnesia (to break the memory on your old > battery), Power Print, ect can help out with your speed problem until you > are ready for a upgrade card. I was going to ditch the book because it is so slow, but with these tweaks it is not bad, and it has a certain charming appeal. Probably though, you would want to get more RAM. I feel your 117 MHZ of pain, Denny -- 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
