[Duo2400] Re: Choice between Duo 2300c and 2400c

[Paul Nelson]

	My reasons for saying forget the 2400 is that it is a VERY
expensive high maintenance machine, which far outstrips his needs as he
describes them.  500's and Duos are machines you fix yourself, and sending
it off somewhere for a $200-300 each time.  With no other Powerbook before
this is this seriously proposed, and there ARE no businesses which
seriously repair ANY duo or any previously manufactured Powerbook.
	This is a touchy, high performance machine, to the best of my
knowledge, and proposing one aquires one for "play(ing) older games and
some light net usage" seems a little extreme to me, like suggesting a
beginning mechanic start by tuning a V-12 Jag motor, or tuning a 12-string
guitar.
Paul

At 4:42 PM -0500 12/6/02, Majid Charania wrote:
>Also, both the 540c and the 280c are not PPC, and the upgrades for them are
>hard to find and quite expensive for what they give you. RAM ceilings are
>far too low to support any recent version of IE or Netscape.  And the
>screens they both sport are miniscule to the point of uselessness.  Good
>luck surfing the net on an 8.4" or a 9" screen.

	And this is complete BS, IMNSHO.  The PPC is NOT asked for, or
required, and IE is crap and NN4.08 works just fine, thank you.  You paid
no attention to what the person is USING the machine for, and the 2300
display isn't that much larger than a 280C display.  If the person had
ASKED for a PPC, then I'd recommend a 3400, BTW.
Paul

At 4:31 PM -0500 12/6/02, Majid Charania wrote:
>I have both a 2300c and a 2400c and if your main concern is portability, I'd
>go for the 2300c because its noticeably thinner and smaller.  But overall,
>the 2400c is a far better machine for the price you will pay because of G3
>upgradeability, high ram ceiling, larger/better screen and PCI bus support
>(hence Cardbus and faster CPU performance).  Also, the 2400c includes all
>the important ports, whereas the only way to get ports on the 2300c (other
>than ADB and a slow modem) is to get a dock (not portable) or an
>elusive/rare minidock.
>
>Go for a 2400c, you will not regret it.  The overall system speed makes
>surfing the Net over any bandwith noticeably faster than a 2300c, and the
>graphics chipset on the 2400c is light-years ahead of that on the 2300c.
>
>Majid Charania
>
>> From: Paul Nelson <artworks at victoria.tc.ca>
>> Reply-To: "Duo/2400 List" <DuoList at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>> Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 11:08:55 -0800
>> To: "Duo/2400 List" <DuoList at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>> Subject: [Duo2400] Re: Choice between Duo 2300c and 2400c
>>
>> At 9:10 AM -0500 12/6/02, Larry Friedman wrote:
>>> I am looking to pick up an older Powerbook to fool around with and
>>> wanted to know which of these two you guys favor. I know the 2400 is
>>> faster, but it is also more expensive. I'll use it to play older games
>>> and some light net usage.
>>
>> I'd say forget both, and go for a 540C or Duo 280C.
>> Paul