I think it's a significant upgrade - possibly not quite worth the money it cost me back then - but prices must be what, half or so?, what they used to be? The Sonnet has been trouble-free for me too. Although in the past month I've switched to using a 667 G4 PowerBook (with 2nd monitor) as my main system. The PTP gets booted say once a week for various reasons, like multiple prints to an Epson inkjet.
When I use it, I don't have the feeling "how could I ever have been happy with this?" Instead, while it's obviously slower than a G4 667, it's still pretty darn usable (OS9.1) for most apps, most tasks. Every time I upgraded the PTP, I wondered if I was pushing too far, overextending the capabilities. Every time the PTP was reborn as a better computer. Chuck M Who's sorry if he wasted others' time by beginning this thread and then realizing that he's constitutionally allergic to the give and take of doing business in used equipment. > I most certainly would state the speed is very noticeable ... on certain > apps. Most certainly on OS 9.1. Using Apple Works 6.1.2 you don't notice > it from a 240 604e. Install the 500Mhz bd ,then max the RAM. However, > the Power Logix 450Mhz G4 Bd for the PTP is a Super Pain in the glutamas > maximus. > > I swear by the Sonnet 500MHz C3 cards. I'm writing this on one of my two > PCP 240's with the Sonnet 500's installed ... that's because ... My PTP > is dead in the water. > RHB > **************************** > "G." wrote: >> >> Has anyone noticed a significant difference when >> upgrading from a 300 mhz to a 500 mhz? Is it worth >> the expense? Thanks. >> -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
