I have the same machine and though I have not yet done that upgrade (because I do most of my photoshop work on a newer Powerbook), I can tell you a few things to consider. Photoshop is optimized for the G4 chip that has what they call a "velocity engine" built in. This means that a G3 400mhz chip and a G4 400mhz chip will have MAJOR speed differences doing photoshop tasks. If you're only going to use one machine - go for the G4 chip. There are reviews by users at: xlr8yourmac.com
Another thing you might consider is getting away from 8.6. Thank god for the loyalty of Mac users - there are a couple of guys who have written "hacks" to the operating system that will allow you to run OS9.2.2 on the PTP225. I installed them 2 days ago and the machine runs as well as my Powerbook. Take a look at: OS9forever.com > From: Dalton James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Power Computing List) > Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2002 06:12:45 -0800 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Power Computing List) > Subject: Upgrading a PowerComputing PTP 225 > > Hi All, > I've been using Photoshop 6.0 a lot lately and my machine is a bit slow for > what I want to do with it. I've also just recently got Bryce 4.0, and for > those of you that have used it know what I mean. Sl-l-l-o-o-o-w-w-w! So I > would like some suggestions on what is the best route on how to do that. > I'm running System 8.6 on my PowerComputing PTP 225 mhz with 208 megs of > physical ram. I guess a faster processor and more ram would be the ticket. I > know what kind of ram to get but I'm a bit confused on what kind of > processor card to get. I think 400 mhz would be fine. > Any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > Dalton > > > Please visit my web site @ www.earthstonearts.com > > > -- > 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> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:powercomputing@;mail.maclaunch.com> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:powercomputing-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:powercomputing-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> > Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> > List archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- >> The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- 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> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:powercomputing@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:powercomputing-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:powercomputing-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
