On Friday, November 8, 2002, at 09:49 AM, Stephen L. Phillips wrote: > Given the dismal potential for resale of my beloved S900, I'm > considering giving the system to my son: What do you as a group think > of > the feasibility of: > a) installing a Sonnet G4/800 board in the following system?: S900/233 > (stock), Matshita 506 CD (stock), 3 internal HD's (2-10,000 rpm > Cheetahs, 1-WDE 10,000 rpm for a total of @20G's), SyJet 1.5 G > internal, > SyQuest 270M external, Radius Pressview 21" monitor, Epson Stylus Color > 900 printer, Epson Expression 636 and Umax VistaScan scanners, > Paperport > Vx scanner, running OS 8.6 and 9.1? > b) Will he face additional upgrade requirements (and expenses), and > will > these costs exceed that of replacing the entire system with something > new - say, an iMac G4/800 w/17" monitor? > c) If you believe it's worth installing the Sonnet 800, what CD burner > recommendations would you have to replace the stock Matshita CD? > d) Does your suggested drive come with all necessary software? > As always, your collective knowledge and suggestions would be most > gratefully appreciated! > Steve Phillips > Two Harbors, Minnesota
Stephen, I thought I'd comment about your decision, Your first sentence said it all.. but If you don't like to troubleshoot get your son that Imac. Question: What Video card are you using, how much ram and are those drives all SCSI. What type of controller card are you using? Are you running OSX or plan to? As far as the Sonnet Upgrade I'll bow out. Check the "mail archive" for supermacs at the bottom of this message to see discussion on the 800 MHZ upgrade. Phil Meza -- 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:supermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:supermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:supermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
