--- Krow Magnum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 11/12/05, Erica Stolte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > --- Krow Magnum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I never thought Welovemacs was very competitive > on > > > prices. > > > > > I've found the same and I just look at their > special > > sales. > > > > > There is the used upgrade market too. All of the > G3 > > > cards I have owned > > > were used and I've had pretty good luck. I > figure if > > > it's been used > > > and still working it's a good card. You could > post a > > > wanted ad on LEM > > > Swaplist or try eBay. Don't get one without a > > > non-DOA guarantee > > > though, but you could save some cash that way. > > Buying used upgrades are a little risky but it > depends on your budget > or how much you want to spend. The OWC card I linked > to is a great > price but it also has a small backside cache and it > does make a > difference. > I seem to have better luck with used stuff than new > stuff. I either > have a hard time geting what I order, it won't work, > or doesn't work. > Plus, I'm cheap when it comes to my toy projects ;-) > I actually have no idea what a backslide cache is so it's possible I need to do more research on this matter. I also don't know how to add anything besides HD and RAM. So I will just set them aside until my older sibling comes to visit. Of course this means I'd love to have all the stuff purchased by christmas because he doesn't come and visit often. There's actually a thrift store place that sells old computer stuff next town over but I don't know enought about computers to choose Apple compatible stuff. I did get one small stick of RAM there for my powerwave, but I had to get the "computer" guy who is rarly there to find the right stuff. I now understand more about what kind of RAM the PW takes but couldn't find it by looking into a sale box., heck I couldn't find ANY apple compatible RAM by looking at it. > > > That will be an excellent use for the PWave. My poor > little PWave sits > under a desk not being used. Actually the PWave with > the G3 card runs > OS X better than my PTPro with the same card in it. > Maybe I should put > it back in active-duty > No kidding and I thought the PTP was the better model. I have a slower G3 card, though I can't say what the PW was running like without it because it was done by my brother before I had the PW. > > What do you think of the Mini ? How long have you > had your Mini ? > I've been thinking of getting one to give a little > releif to my G3 PB. > Do you run Photoshop on the Mini ? I cannot run photoshop on the mini because I would need to buy a new version that would run on OS X. I havn't tried either just going on what I've been told. I think I've had the mini about a month and half.(Might be too soon to say?). The most demanding thing I've done is have it run constantly. Then again, is might be the most demanding thing I do with my computers anyways...I am a rather low low end user. I 've been happy with it so far, I have it running with the most cheapo stuff: free monitor someone gave me and a gateway keyboard from a used computer store. I enjoy is how quiet it is compared to my powerwave. I was looking at either getting a powermac G4 or a mini. I didn't care for the all in one systems and the powermac G5 is outta my league. It came down to one being more expandable then the other , size and one being currently on the market. I decided, I don't do much with my computers in the way of upgrading and for that I'd have a big ole noisey G4 tower. I alreaedy knew I was going to fix up my pismo so I'd be working on that for a while. I did locate a website devoted completly to the min, so might want to look further there: http://www.123macmini.com/ > With a 300MHz or faster G3 card OS 9 will run well. > With a bunch of > RAM, a good video card and a G3 card the system bus > gets a good > workout but it will handle it well. And you'll be > getting the most out > of your clone. > I'm thinking RAM is the biggest limiting factor here and I wish I checked that out before, but I was under the impression this kind of RAM was no longer sold. > > > > I don't want to discourage upgrading the old > > > PowerWave but if you need > > > a hard working machine I would consider > something > > > else for the same > > > cost. I hate to say that because I really like > the > > > PowerComputing > > > computers but they are getting outdated. > > > > > I'm keeping the powerwave either way so it's a > matter > > of running it as is or adding stuff. > > Getting outdated?...chuckle..Ya don't say... > > I figure if it's been running for ten yrs, must be > a > > good computer. > > I agree, > > The PowerComputing machines are still my favorite > Macs. I have a > collection of 7 various PowerComputing machines and > all but one still > works. That's pretty good for any computer. Mine has a history of being a working setup for my older brother, then going to my younger brother a while and then handed down to me. As far as I know the worst thing that happened to it was a failing/ broken graphics card which had to be removed. > > > === message truncated === __________________________________ Yahoo! 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