Re: Is this a good Deal on a PB G3/233?
At 10:27 PM -0400 6/29/02, Craig wrote: a friend has offered me a Powerbook G3/233 for somewhere between $450-$500. Here's what he's got: It is a G3 Wall Street, 233 MHz, 13.3 TFT screen, 128 Megs RAM, 2 Gig Hard Drive, 20x internal cd rom, internal iomega zip drive, floppy drive, 56k internal modem, ethernet port and 2 really good portable batteries. It also comes with all the original documentation, a nice sumdex pleather case, s-video adapter, ethernet cable and external video adapter. I've read that the 233 are one the worst PB ever fro various reasons: http://www.insanely-great.com/features/010806.html What's everyone think? I recently subscribed to sort watch to see what everyone had to say about various models and have asked a few ?'s about 1400's. I first wanted a 1400 but the USB issue kind of killed that. The 233 processors may or may not have an L2 cache. Even with it, that's too much money, and without it you'd HAVE to change the processor to one with. Paul -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Is this a good Deal on a PB G3/233?
apparently the passive matrix screens on these earlier G3 Powerbooks are very prone to fading and washing out... a very cheap 233 much like you describe came up for sale a few weeks ago, and that was reason. I quick call to my local AppleCentre confirmed that they'd fixed 3 in the last week or so, and, oh yeah, a new 12.1 PSTN screen would be AUD$800... which was $200 more than the 'Book itself!!! That said, complete active matrix 14.1 screens can be found on eBay for under US$150, which probably wouldn't be such a bad upgrade to consider, bad screen or not. Ben. The 233 processors may or may not have an L2 cache. Even with it, that's too much money, and without it you'd HAVE to change the processor to one with. Paul -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Is this a good Deal on a PB G3/233?
a friend has offered me a Powerbook G3/233 for somewhere between $450-$500. Here's what he's got: It is a G3 Wall Street, 233 MHz, 13.3 TFT screen, 128 Megs RAM, 2 Gig Hard Drive, 20x internal cd rom, internal iomega zip drive, floppy drive, 56k internal modem, ethernet port and 2 really good portable batteries. It also comes with all the original documentation, a nice sumdex pleather case, s-video adapter, ethernet cable and external video adapter. I've read that the 233 are one the worst PB ever fro various reasons: http://www.insanely-great.com/features/010806.html What's everyone think? I recently subscribed to sort watch to see what everyone had to say about various models and have asked a few ?'s about 1400's. I first wanted a 1400 but the USB issue kind of killed that. Thanks, Craig LC, 6200/75, 6400/200 and iMac/400DV -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
