Sorry for the lenght of this post, but Adrian said that he wansn't to sure what to do, so I figured more info is better than not enough.
Step one, get some more RAM. 64MB is reasonable, but if you use anything higher than OS8.6, you'll want at least 128MB. You can get 128MB sticks for around $25-$30. I always get mine from OtherWorldComputing <www.macsales.com> and have never had a problem. They are fairly competitive as well. There are lot of other places as well. A CPU upgrade would probably be a good second move. The CPU sits a a card that goes into a slot on the motherboard. To upgrade the CPU, you pull out the old board and replace it with a newer board with a faster processor. They range from $10 for a lowly 604/132 up to the high-end G4/800. A reasonable one would be a 300-500MHz G3. You can get those sometimes for $100-$200. Those two upgrades and if needed, a bigger hard drive will make your machine purr quite nicely. If you haven't already, subscribe to the LEM-Swap list. <http://lowendmac.com/lists/swap.html> You can get really good deals on used equipment from very helpful people. I know a number of people (myself included) on this list also are on the Swap list. Once you get the new processor (maybe HD) look into upgrading to OS 9.1 (9.2.2 if you don't mind getting your hands a little dirty). You'll have support for the majority of the software out there. Plus USB support is good in OS9, since 99% of new peripherals are USB, that is important if you need to add a new printer or some such. USB cards can be had for as little as $10. With this setup, you'd be able to run just about anything that you could want. You can even hack Mac OS X onto one of these machines (300MHz G3 and 256MB RAM min for good performance under OSX). The rough price rundown (middling price point): 128MB RAM $30 350MHz G3 upgrade $130 (used, closer to $200 new?) USB PCI card $15 OS 9.1 (varies, but worst case scenario, new from Apple, $99) --------------- Total = $274.00 Budget a good $200 and you can go fairly far. Shoot for $300 and you can really rock! The best thing about upgrading is that you can get one piece, wait a few months and get another and so on, and so on. -Robyn [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sunday, January 26, 2003, at 04:03 PM, Adrian Ch wrote: > I have supermac J700 150 with 64mb ram, and I would like to upgrade not > spend too much with this machine to be able to continue to use it. > what should I do? and I was reading to ur site about cpu upgrade with > daughter card what is it? I am not an expert there so I still not sure. > > do I need Memory upgrade too? > > How much budget I should set to be able to make my machine still > useful? -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
