Wallstreet/300 to 500 MHz?

[Jon H. Thrift]

I am considering upgrading my 300 MHz WS to 500 MHz. I am running OS
9.1.
I have been advised that the G3 upgrade is more compatible with the
balance of my machines system than the G4. I would like some imput
from someone who has done the upgrade to find out if you really did get
a big boost in speed and did you have any problems. I have heard the
G3 upgrade does not support the automatic sleep mode. Please advise.


Jon H. Thrift

[Donald Smith]

Le 12/07/03 17:00, dans 120720030800403325%nospam@nospam.com, «*Jon H.
Thrift*» <nospam@nospam.com> a écrit*:

> I am considering upgrading my 300 MHz WS to 500 MHz. I am running OS
> 9.1.
> I have been advised that the G3 upgrade is more compatible with the
> balance of my machines system than the G4. I would like some imput
> from someone who has done the upgrade to find out if you really did get
> a big boost in speed and did you have any problems. I have heard the
> G3 upgrade does not support the automatic sleep mode. Please advise.
>
>
> Jon H. Thrift

I have the same machine as you, and was also tempted to get the proc.
upgrade, but did not. Instead, I increased ram to 512 and installed the
latest 10.2.6, the computer runs fine, fast enough for me, my friends with
800 PBooks can't believe how fast it is. I only have a 4.5 gig hard drive,
but by keeping my applics to essentials and copying photos to a cd, I still
have 1.6 gig free. You could get a 20 or 40 hdrive. So I don't think it's
worth upgrading to the new processor, too expensive for very little real
difference in spead, instead I would

- increase ram to max (512)
- get new hard drive if you plan on using the machine for a while, find the
right drive and you must install OSX on the first 8 gig (Wallstreets only)
- I use a macally pc card and have a belkin hub plugged into it, have 9 usb
ports

good luck

[Jon H. Thrift]

Thank you for your excellent advice. I will heed your words.


Jon H. Thrift


In article <130720030823258197%star@sky.net>, Davoud <star@sky.net>
wrote:

> Jon H. Thrift:

> > > I am considering upgrading my 300 MHz WS to 500 MHz. I am running OS
> > > 9.1.
> > > I have been advised that the G3 upgrade is more compatible with the
> > > balance of my machines system than the G4. I would like some imput
> > > from someone who has done the upgrade to find out if you really did get
> > > a big boost in speed and did you have any problems. I have heard the
> > > G3 upgrade does not support the automatic sleep mode. Please advise.

>
> Donald Smith:

> > I have the same machine as you, and was also tempted to get the proc.
> > upgrade, but did not. Instead, I increased ram to 512 and installed the
> > latest 10.2.6, the computer runs fine, fast enough for me, my friends with
> > 800 PBooks can't believe how fast it is. I only have a 4.5 gig hard drive,
> > but by keeping my applics to essentials and copying photos to a cd, I still
> > have 1.6 gig free. You could get a 20 or 40 hdrive. So I don't think it's
> > worth upgrading to the new processor, too expensive for very little real
> > difference in spead, instead I would
> > - increase ram to max (512)
> > - get new hard drive if you plan on using the machine for a while, find the
> > right drive and you must install OSX on the first 8 gig (Wallstreets only)
> > - I use a macally pc card and have a belkin hub plugged into it, have 9 usb
> > ports.

>
> *****
>
> I second Mr. Smith's advice. My WallStreet 300 has 384MB of RAM, a 20GB
> hard drive with OS 10.2.6 in the first partition, and the MacAlly USB
> card. It also has a 17" external CCD monitor. It runs very well, it's
> fast enough for most purposes, and my investment over the initial cost
> is not very significant.
>
> Davoud