Alan- I think that the cpus we're talking about here will work fine with most of the upgrade software. In OS X there are at least 2 different, easily available sets of cpu software enablers or whatever you want to call them, and they seem to work with anything out there. There's Ryan Relpel's L2 utility and the Powerlogix CacheControlX. I would not hesitate to buy an XLR8 upgrade now-even though they're out of business. My J700 still runs fine, almost 7 years after it was new. I would probably try to get something like the 800 mhz Sonnet card because it does seem to be the best value. That or $50 for a used 300 mhz upgrade. I'm in the same situation as I want to get my wife something better than the 7600 w/120 mhz 604 she's using right now- with OS X- and 112 MBs RAM. It's slow, but she uses it for email and the like. She prefers it to OS 9 all the same, which does say something.
-Ford On Tuesday, September 10, 2002, at 09:14 AM, Alan Kim wrote: > Or until the "software" part of the device cannot be supported anymore. > Whichever comes first. > Most folks would run into driver incompatibilities before the hardware > itself > conks out. -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> 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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
