Re: The Wallstreet Sonnet Processor Upgrades....

[Gary Goldberg]

I bought a G4/500 upgrade for my G3/250 WS almost
2 years ago. The only speed increase I've noticed is
when scanning or converting a CD to an MP3, i.e.
CPU-intensive apps.

The lack of a graphics chip upgrade path for a WS
is the biggest drawback to a speed increase, IMHO

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Re: The Wallstreet Sonnet Processor Upgrades....

[Pacer]

My Fellow PowerBook-philes,

As an aside, I am looking at games for the GF to have as well.

Currently she plays Age of Mythology and American McGee's Alice.

Both of these have Mac versions -- the problem is both seem to have
video requirements higher than what the Wallstreet can provide.

Alice seems out, requiring hardware video acceleration to the tune of
128 MBs of Video RAM.

Age of Mythology seems less adamant on requirements  but it is still
16 MBs, and if I am not wrong the Wallstreet only carries 4MBs?  (Which
is mind-boggling to me, my 1998 PC from Dell came with at least 16 MBs
on its video card standard  wow, reminds me of 1994.)

My aside:

In other Wallstreet user's experiences, how well do some of the newer
video-intensive games work on a Wallstreet?

Do y'all think a G4 500MHz upgrade would work better?  Or even show a
difference?

Now I am wondering if even some of the Myst games might work

Sincerely,
Pacer the Despondent

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The Wallstreet Sonnet Processor Upgrades....

[Pacer]

My fellow PowerBook-philes,

In a fit of unbridled upgrade-frenzy I am contemplating going all out on
the two Wallstreets I picked up on E-Bay recently.  One alreayd has a
466 mhz G3 processor upgrade (maybe a Newer Tech version?) and the other
is a 300 mhz G3.

The question is:

Should I upgrade the second book to a 500mhz using Sonnet?  (G3 upgrade
only US$199)
How much better would the G4 upgrade be?

My reason for asking is sheer curiousity.  That and by spending the time
writing this I am not looking at the Sonnet website nor on E-Bay and
willfully spending money on Mac products I do not need.

The one thing I wonder:  Would Tiger even run on a G3 Wallstreet?  Would
it work better on a G4?  Would any of this make a significant speed
difference?

>From what I read, the real limitations can be found in the video processor.

I have an iBook G4 1.2ghz with 768 RAM and Mac OS X and various programs
run quite well.

How would a G4 500mhz Wallstreet compare?

Oh the curiousity.

If I were a cat, I might be dead ... or stuck in some hole, in a tree,
or on a roof mewing.

Sincerely,
Pacer the Loon

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