Re: Processor Upgrades for PowerBook 1400

[Geoffrey Loeffler]

All depends on what your trying to get out of the book, I have the 400 
upgrade and it made a huge difference, just don't get in a hurry to buy 
the upgrade.  I have seen them for $35 to $50 on Low End Swap. Ebay 
well just do not get in a bidding war.

I does make a huge difference. These books are still good for email, 
writing and light web use. I love the keyboard, solid and sturdy sums 
it the whole design.

The max ram however is 64 megs, that's the real short fall. You have to 
stack the ram unless you lucky to find 48 meg single, made by Newer 
Tech.

If you do not want to upgrade give it to school or a kid who can use 
it, dig up a printer. You would be surprised at how many kids do not 
have a computer and even the 1400 once the most powerful computer, 
faster then a desktop has use today.
That's what makes Mac a Mac, my wife used Turbo Tax last year to check 
our accountants figures and found gold, do that on a wintel this old on 
NEW software. Of course time marches on and she will need to use one of 
my pismos or Apple blow me away with a cheap iBook. If the machine fits 
your needs then do it, I run 8.6 is very stable. Pare the system down
Good Luck
Geoff


On Nov 7, 2004, at 2:29 PM, John/Judy Hixson wrote:
 Has anybody on this list got a feel for or an opinion about the 
subject of
"diminishing returns" for processor upgrades on a PB1400? What I'm 
wondering
is whether a Sonnet 466MHz G3 upgrade is mostly wasted money because 
the
33MHz system bus can't use any (or much of) processor power above a 
certain
level anyway. In other words, maybe a 233MHz G3 upgrade gets most 
(>90%) of
the performance improvement that a 466MHz upgrade would get because of 
the
very low system bus speed. Anyway I'm open to hearing your opinions on 
the
topic. Thanks. John Hixson



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