Best bet is to just get a better computer, if you can afford it.
Although one might not want to have my upgrade schedule (I've had 3 G4s in the past
two years, plus
a QS on the way), best to upgrade the puter - it gives you the advantage of not only a
better
processor, but the other hardware to back it up (motherboard, etc.). You will be
extremely happy
with a newer computer, especially one that can run OS X, if you opt for it. Also,
you'll be forever
buying gadets and adapters for your 7600, forever trying to wrestle with compatibility
issues, and
driver issues, and tech support issues ("your running our video card on a WHAT?")....
Since you want to upgrade for speed and to take advantage of the technology, it would
make sense to
upgrade the whole shmoe instead of trying to make old technology work like the newer
stuff. Usually,
I would recommend not upgrading at the badgering of others, or because other people
are badgering.
Upgrade when you feel you need to.
Justin Ramirez wrote:
> Okay, here's my deal...I have a 7600/200 with 176mb's of ram, and two 2GB
> scsi hard drives. Now my problem is that I'd like a few things that this
> machine doesn't give me:
>
> a) More Speed
> b) USB (so I can use my nice logitech optical mouse, and not the crappy adb
> mouse that I have now)
> c) IDE capabilities (so I can use my 27GB 7200rpm IDE deskstar (by
> ibm)instead of these two SLOW scsi drives)
>
> Also I'd eventually want to add a dvd drive (maybe).
>
> Now there are two things I could do...I could gradually upgrade: first a G3
> uprade, then a usb card, then an ide controller. I'd also want to add more
> ram.
> Now my problem is: should I do all this? Or should I save up for a while
> (and buy a better adb mouse for around 20 dollars just to hold me over) and
> get a B&W G3?? What would be more worth it in the long run? If I were to
> buy the B&W, it wouldn't be for another two or three months (so hopefully
> the prices on them would drop...although now they're around 750 on
> ebay)...WHAT SHOULD I DO?? Would putting so much money into my 7600 pay
> off? Would I be happier with a B&W in the long run?
>
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