Re: processor upgrades for Pismo?
On Nov 12, 2005, at 2:40 PM, Andrew in Ann Arbor wrote: Hello All As you may have heard I'm drifting towards replacing my Lombard with a Pismo. There's a cheap ($150) Pismo on the swap list without a processor. For that price you don't get processor, ram, hd, and optical drive but RAM isn't as peculiar as for the Lombard, I want a new hard drive anyway and I've got plenty of expansion bay drives with my Lombard. I wasn't thinking of a project but for that price maybe I should be looking at a processor upgrade. Any thoughts? I don't do much CPU intensive stuff so I'm not sure I want something that runs hotter (I hate the fan noise) and shortens the battery life. I might be better off with a stock 500 MHz CPU. Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? Andrew, Probably the best thing for you to do is look on eBay for a stock G3 500 processor for the Pismo. I've seen several going on there for under $150.00. If you figure that into the overall cost of the $150 for the actual Pismo, then it's not too bad overall. BUT, before you consider buying a Pismo, consider this: The most important thing that either raises or lowers the value of a Pismo is ONE thing: RAM. I've seen Pismo's with a gig of RAM and just the 400 G3 going on eBay for over $500.00 on eBay. . . WITH bidders! But then, I've seen the exact same Pismo with only 128 meg RAM only selling for $190.00. I'd shop more if I were you. . . hope this helps, Zoltan The Computer Doctor -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: processor upgrades for Pismo?
BUT, before you consider buying a Pismo, consider this: The most important thing that either raises or lowers the value of a Pismo is ONE thing: RAM. I've seen Pismo's with a gig of RAM and just the 400 G3 going on eBay for over $500.00 on eBay. . . WITH bidders! But then, I've seen the exact same Pismo with only 128 meg RAM only selling for $190.00. I'd shop more if I were you. . . hope this helps, Thanks for the suggestion, I understand that Pismos aren't as fussy about RAM as Lombards and Wallstreets. I paid $390 for a Lombard in part because it had 512 Mb of RAm (and a larger HD and a CD burner and Panther) I can take my time as my daughter is happy with the Lombard for the moment. I'd just like to be able to back up my data from the Cube to the Pismo (in firewire mode) and then be able to use that same data with the same applications on the Pismo. I could always get a firewire card for the Lombard and mount the Cube as a firewire disk (haven't tried starting it in firewire disk mode but understand it will do it) but I wouldn't have the nice internal Airport card. I worry that the Cardbus wireless card is going to get hit and the card and the card slot will both get trashed. Perhaps not a serious problem, for the price of a Pismo I could afford the lower half of a Lombard and a new wireless card... Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: processor upgrades for Pismo? Maybe Titanium instead?
P.S. Actually, Daystar will also sell the whole G4 processor. You get a G4/550 for $399, which is VERY expensive. The upgrade to your existing processor costs $289. Before spending $399 on the whole processor, though, plus RAM and HD and optical drive (1GB RAM + 40-80GB HD + Combo or Superdrive = $300-400), I'd consider a used Titanium, which you can find for considerably less than the upgraded Pismo would cost you. Certainly the TiBook would be an improvement but I'm concerned about reduced wireless range with the TiBook (also the AlBooks though I really can't afford them). Since the Lombard spends all it's time around the house with a wireless card and the reception is marginal on the third floor I'm reluctant to get anything that doesn't get reception at least as good as the Lombard. I suppose I could use a Cardbus wireless card with the TiBook and it would work just as well as in the Lombard. The other issue is that I have a bunch of expansion bay drives that will fit the Pismo but not anything later. I'll look into selling all the Lombard/Pismo extra expansion bay stuff and check TiBook prices. It might make sense at the end of the day. Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
