. | Feedback: Mac Daniel #22What About a Vimage G3 for My 6400 or
6500?On 30 November, BP wrote: Your upgrade prices
mentioned for the 6400 add-ons are a tad on the high side
which shifts the balance somewhat. - NOTE: Because I often write weeks before these
columns are published, I tend to use ballpark figures.
Most of the time, you can probably do better. Dan
For instance. The Vimage card has been in the hands of
distributors who have cut prices on it. Last week it was
seen on Deal-Mac.com
for $469. Also, I've seen new conventional Zip drives
several times for as low as $79, and quite frequently under
$100. No need to buy used/rebuilt unless one is in a hurry.
Besides, it's a good idea to have an external drive in any
event. Keep an eye on Deal-Mac, and do searches on CNET
Shopper <http://www.shopper.com/>. We've had the Zip and a LaCie-branded Jaz drive with our
6400/200 since we bought it. I dropped an Xclaim VR Pro into
it when it came out last winter. I'm giving strong
consideration to the Vimage card, too. Of course, I only
paid $700 for the Mac and a 15AV monitor during OfficeMax's
Apple close-out last December. But even with the graphic card, I still have one slot
more than is available on the iMac, so how is it that you
say the iMac is more expandable? It does hold more RAM, if
one can afford the 128 MB RAM cards. But the G3/233 desktop
would be hard to beat. - Mac Daniel responds: I should have written,
but the iMac and Power Mac G3 will have faster CPU
upgrade options, not more upgrade options. I have updated
the article to reflect this.
Recent Mac Daniel & Friends columns- Backing up your Mac, Charlie
Ruggiero, 2/4/2000
- Connecting Macs, Chris Lawson,
2/1/2000
- Raising the dead, Manuel Mejia Jr.,
Mac Daniel, 1/18/2000
- Storage Devices for Older Macs,
Manuel Mejia Jr., 12/31/1999
- SCSI or IDE hard drive?, Charlie
Ruggiero, 12/28/1999
- Why System 6 for Mac IIs?, Manuel
Mejia, 12/13/1999
- Should I Wait for OS X?, Dan
Knight, 11/29/1999
- Why System 6 for Compact Macs?,
Manuel Mejia, 11/26/1999
- Should I buy a USB card?, Charlie
Ruggiero, 11/23/1999
- Online with a PowerBook Duo, Julie
Fugett, Mac Daniel, 11/17/1999
- more on the Mac Daniel index
Not sure if you should upgrade your old Mac or replace it? Check
the index to see if we've already addressed
your problem recently -- and look in the
archive if it's not in the recent columns. If not, visit our
staff page for the names of several people
who may be able to help you. Dan Knight, webmaster, Low
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