> > I have a friend that would like to upgrade his G3/300 Blue & White.. He > has 448 MB ram and running OS 9.2.2. Does not do a lot of Graphics or > Games.. Mostly Word, Excel and some photos. Also does a lot on the > internet. Has 128 DSL connection.Complains about being so slow > particularly while on the internet. > > Increase ram would not make a lot of difference considering what he is > doing. I believe the 448 MB is plenty.. > Upgrade of processor will help. > Video card? would that be worth upgrading and gain any increase in > performance? > > I would appreciate any suggestions that would increase performance > with out to much investment at the present. He would like to get a new > CPU, but is involved in building an airplane and is trying to get the > project done, so does not want to spend a lot of time learning new > equipment. > > Russell
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