>Starting with adding big fat hard drive. Seems the 40, 60 or 80 Gig HDs are >all affordable but prices vary widely. Are there any brands I should avoid >or prefer? Is there anything else I need to purchase to add the new drive >to my existing 9Gb HD instead of replacing it. What do I need to know before >I do this? > >Next, I'll want a G3/300 card. I use PhotoShop a lot on this computer. >Should I expect to see a noticeable increase in speed?. Any >comments/suggestions here?
The G3 is very nice, but a decent video acceleration card has much more bang for the buck. Grab one of the cheap 20 GB Maxtors from Compusa, many of these are actually Quantum Fireball LCT drives (Maxtor bought Quantum), and work VERY nicely in a Starmax. There really is no good reason to keep the old drive, just transfer everything over to the new drive and pass the old one on to somebody less fortunate. If you just have to keep it, you must have a SCSI CD instead of a IDE unit, since the Starmax only supports one IDE device per channel. Given the price of a SCSI vs IDE CD unit, it makes keeping the old drive a bit pricey. -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.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]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
