At 9:22 AM -0700 1/10/03, J Sand wrote: >Is the Performa 577 a practical web browsing machine, if nothing else, as it >is? > >John
I have a Performa 575 that I use for a lot of things, including web browsing. For the most part it's fine for the stuff that I do online, but the things I do are limited by my experience with trying to do things it can't do. Even some of the things it can do, it doesn't do them well enough to call them practical. Just about anything online that involves MP3s, streaming audio, video, or Shockwave stuff is problematic. And then there are the sites that just have so much going on that it is painful to go to them. It doesn't help that I'm using a 56k modem. On the other hand, having a faster connection won't help if you can't play the files. But aside from that I have wondered how much difference broadband would make. When web pages load in pieces, it seems like it takes as longer or longer to process and display them as it does to load them. If that were so, then the best you would get with broadband would be twice as fast by eliminating the load time. Then I had an opportunity to use a 5400 with a broadband connection at my son's school. I played a movie trailer from Apple's Quicktime page. Call me easily impressed, but it was breathtaking. Then I got to bring a 5400 home. When connected by a 56k modem, the same movie trailer took about 25 minutes to load. It played great, but somehow, it just didn't have the same impact. But, then, my 575 couldn't play it at all because it's limited tp QT4. I'm not sure what all this means othen than how practical it is depends on what you plan to do with it and what your expectations are. Jim -- Quadlist 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> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> 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/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
