Sound like a pretty good plan. Especially if the Sonnet G4/800 upgrade comes down in price. She could have a near 1GHz machine for a rock bottom price. If you haven't heard about that check it out here <www.sonnettech.com>. Plus they might have all the bugs worked out.
As for the ATA card check out the ACARD AHard PCI Ultra ATA/66 (long name isn't it). The Sonnet cards are based on these. OWC has them for $54.00 right now. I think they are cheaper if you are on the mailing list. They also have a pretty good price on 128MB DIMMS. I've never had an issue with them, even under OSX. Not always the rock bottom cheapest, but good service and very fairly priced. I could never afford a new machine, so I've pushed these very far on a VERY limited budget. Usually buying the parts second hand. -Robyn On Thursday, January 23, 2003, at 01:09 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks Robyn, > > I like the idea of adding the Sonnet ATA card so that I can > install an a > 40 GB Maxtor Hard Drive that I bought but have never used. Also the > kids > have a Yamaha burner that could come out of my PC and that would allow > me to > reclaim my office space. > If I understand correctly, the OWC DVDrom drive would allow me to > boot > without the FWB toolkit baloney. > So I would do the Sonnet controller, a couple of 128 RAM sticks, > and the > OWC drive. Then she could choose a processor upgrade card at a later > date. > Whaddyathink? > > Bill -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
