Re: Wallstreet upgrade from Sonnet

2001-07-23 Thread Black Rabite
On Monday, July 23, 2001, at 12:29 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: > Hmmm, still, I would definitely go for the 466 and give up the 34 MHz in > speed boost, than pay $150 more to get it. It seems that 34 MHz doesn't > worth it... I forget where I read this, but a simple way to compare the value of

Re: Wallstreet upgrade from Sonnet

2001-07-23 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On Monday, July 23, 2001, at 12:16 PM, makmac wrote: > Laurent Daudelin on 7/18/01 3:25 PM wrote: > >>> So, there is something I don't get. If your fellow didn't see a huge >>> speed gain from 233 to 466, why would one pay $399 for a 500 when >>> there >>> is the 466 at $249? The speed increase

Re: Wallstreet upgrade from Sonnet

2001-07-23 Thread makmac
Laurent Daudelin on 7/18/01 3:25 PM wrote: >> So, there is something I don't get. If your fellow didn't see a huge >> speed gain from 233 to 466, why would one pay $399 for a 500 when there >> is the 466 at $249? The speed increase from 466 to 500 must be really >> minimal, or is there something

Re: Wallstreet upgrade from Sonnet

2001-07-18 Thread John Featherstone
What you are saying is encouraging. My own experience with Sonnet is good. I have one of the non-upgradeable 7200/120 machines that I successfully upgraded with the Sonnet G3 400 wi 512 level 2. Its certainly much faster than the 120 mghz 601 chip on the board, but not blazingly so. My Wallstre

Re: Wallstreet upgrade from Sonnet

2001-07-18 Thread Remy Davison
>> I know a fellow (a Mac tech) who had the 466MHz PowerLogix and while he >> said >> it was faster he didn't see a huge leap over his 233MHz Wallstreet. >> Plus he >> said that it wouldn't support over 256MB RAM. He actually had to remove >> memory to get it to work. Poor guy had to sell it and

Re: Wallstreet upgrade from Sonnet

2001-07-18 Thread makmac
Laurent Daudelin on 7/18/01 3:25 PM wrote: > > So, there is something I don't get. If your fellow didn't see a huge > speed gain from 233 to 466, why would one pay $399 for a 500 when there > is the 466 at $249? The speed increase from 466 to 500 must be really > minimal, or is there something I

Re: Wallstreet upgrade from Sonnet

2001-07-18 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On Wednesday, July 18, 2001, at 03:49 PM, makmac wrote: > Kathleen Wittenberg on 7/18/01 12:39 PM wrote: > >> PowerLogix has been selling Wallstreet upgrades for quite some time >> now. >> Small Dog has the Blue Chip 466 mhz upgrade for $249 during MacWorld NY >> and the 500mhz upgrade for $579

Re: Wallstreet upgrade from Sonnet

2001-07-18 Thread makmac
Kathleen Wittenberg on 7/18/01 12:39 PM wrote: > PowerLogix has been selling Wallstreet upgrades for quite some time now. > Small Dog has the Blue Chip 466 mhz upgrade for $249 during MacWorld NY > and the 500mhz upgrade for $579. > Yeah I knew that but I'm a big fan of Sonnet (have one in a 71

Re: Wallstreet upgrade from Sonnet

2001-07-18 Thread Kathleen Wittenberg
PowerLogix has been selling Wallstreet upgrades for quite some time now. Small Dog has the Blue Chip 466 mhz upgrade for $249 during MacWorld NY and the 500mhz upgrade for $579. I'm not affiliated with Small Dog, have just been watching the prices on the Blue Chip upgrades drop recently. Kath

Wallstreet upgrade from Sonnet

2001-07-18 Thread makmac
Greetings list. I just stopped by Sonnet's site to check on something and saw the announcement (posted today, obviously coinciding with MacWorld) that they will be selling an upgrade for the Wallstreet. A 500MHz G3 with 1MB/250MHz L2 cache. MSRP of $399.95