I know two people with 5300's, and both of them are down for the count, and
if their opinion, not worth repairing once again. If you can live with the
speed difference, buy a 280c. Mine runs everything I need it to, except some
PPC reliant programs, and it runs them good enough for most peoples needs. I
run Photoshop, Pagemaker and Illustrator on mine and they all work just
fine. I only purchased a 2400c (yes I have a G3 upgrade) in order to run
Golive for the Web work that I do, and because it looks nicer than the Duo.
I could have a faster Pizmo, which does things my 2400c won't do, but how
fast can you type and I can't afford the extra seat on the airplane, just
for my laptop!
Tom
ahclist wrote:
> >I'd love to buy a 5300ce, but everyone tells me the machines were cripe.
> >Does anyone have any insight/experience with a 5300?
>
> Eric,
>
> I'm not sure about others opinions here, but I think "crap" was accurate
> enough. Too many design problems to risk your money on, although the
> ones out there that still work are probably as likely to remain working
> for years to come as a 1400. Of course, if you actually meant "cripe", I
> can't really comment :)
>
> Buy a 1400 or newer if you must run PowerPC-native sw. buy a 190 or 5xx
> if all you do is word processing. None of the rest of us can assess the
> worth of saving hundreds of dollars vs. having "the latest thing" -- only
> you can see the relative value in what you want vs what you need. Very,
> VERY few of us here really need the processing power in our current
> machines (be it a G3'd 2400 or a Duo 230). We are trained by current
> society to be an impatient lot, always trying to satisfy our egos with
> toys. But then again, it's that ego that ultimately drives the desires
> which keep our standard of living afloat. If your ego lets you do your
> email and word processing on a PowerBook 170, then by all means keep the
> 170 -- you'll save a ton of money not chasing the "latest/greatest" BS
> arguments, you'll not rack up a ton of worthless and stressful debt --
> and life will be good. If you "must" have a zippy machine and have a
> driving need to upgrade, then avoid the 5300 series.
>
> $0.02 from me -- if worth that much.
>
> p
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