macs - new and old

[fish lover]

Hey mac users,
Anyone know if i can upgrade a G3/400 pismo to a g4? or anywhere where info on upgrades is available?
or should i bite the bullet and buy a new machine? imac? emac? or power tho? any good benchmark / comparison sites?
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[Django]

this site shows all available upgrades for apple hardware.

upgrade me (http://www.macspeedzone.com/archive/Comparison/upgradegenerator/upgrades_by_machine.html)



here is MACbench...

bench me (http://www.macspeedzone.com/archive/4.0/Documentation4.0.html)

so long

[octavecat]

Originally posted by fish lover
Hey mac users,
Anyone know if i can upgrade a G3/400 pismo to a g4? or anywhere where info on upgrades is available?
or should i bite the bullet and buy a new machine? imac? emac? or power tho? any good benchmark / comparison sites?

Wow, what a timely topic. Today I sent my cpu back to powerLogix because they forgot to change a resistor on my upgraded pismo.

PowerLogix (http://www.powerlogix.com) offers a $300 upgrade for Pismo owners. They desolder your g3/400 chip and add a g4/500 (actually, most run @ 550). For $300, it's an excellent deal. I wish I could post specs, but alas! mine is nonfunctional right now.

However, take a look here:
http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/cpureview.lasso
and search on "PowerBook G3 2000 Rage128 Mobility". You'll see lots of positive reviews of the upgrade.

[Sheridan]

I thought the proccessor chips for macs were in zif sockets, i.e. no de-soldering??

[octavecat]

Originally posted by Sheridan
I thought the proccessor chips for macs were in zif sockets, i.e. no de-soldering??

powermacs yes, powerbooks no. the pismo is the last model of black powerbook before the tibooks...