--- Neal Wingate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <clip> > Will the > Presto on board 10BaseT port be usable?
For $99.95 you could buy a two or three old Macs with 68040 CPUs and built in ethernet, like Quadra 700's or even 900/950's etc. If you can pick up a Presto Plus used and DIRT CHEAP, go for it. If you're wanting to do quite a bit of web browsing, the performance* of a 68k Mac leaves quite a bit to be desired, mainly because there aren't any web browsers that're really optimized for them and most of the browsers are older versions that can't handle newer additions to HTML and multimedia plugins. For e-mail and surfing with images turned off they do OK. *The 68030 is contemporary with and performs roughly equivalent to a 80386 and a 68040 matches pretty well with a 80486. I've used the internet on computers with all of those CPU types and it was an excercise in being patient on all of them. ;) The intel world doesn't have a desktop CPU equivalent to the 68020 or 68000. When those were new, intel was still mucking about with the 16bit 80286 and just starting with the early (and slowwww versions of) 80386. I'd love to have the $ now that an original Mac cost in 1984. Even better would be the ~$5,000 a new IBM AT cost in 1984. I could hardly spend all that on a new computer now without having some left over. ;) (Though a dual G5 with Cinema Display could take it all...) ===== It will be total Fandemonium! Nampa Civic Center, August 5th to August 7th, 2005! http://www.fandemonium.org __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
