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How to speed up my PB 165 on the internet.
Ok sportsfans, here it is. I've got this old Powerbook 165 it's a 4/80 config. OS 7.1 14.4 ext modem Netscam 2.0 . Now I've set my vram at about 10. I hear that this vram stuff will really slow things down considerably with respect to the interenet. I do know that the rig is painfully slow now. MY question is, if I add 4meg real ram, turn off vram, (is 8 enough for 7.1 and 2.0?) add a 28.8 modem, what will be the net speed increase in real time page loading? Is this worth the expense? gee-tanx
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Let me use an analogy:
If you buy a new car which is twice as fast as your old car, would you be able to drive twice as fast?
Yes, no and maybe. Sunday morning at 4 AM you will be able to drive twice as fast. Friday at 6 PM no way.
The same is valid for your modem. If you are the only one connecting to your ISP and the telephone connection is clear you will be twice as fast. But your speed is not just detemined by the equipment you use, it is also determined by everything else.
Buying a 28.8 modem will double the speed of your connection most of the time. I am using a 33.6 modem and it connects to the ISP at 28.8 most of the time (so I have no advantage over a 28.8 modem). Not that many ISP are supporting a 56k modem yet, and with the quality of most telephone lines you will not connect at 56K. But you also need to look at the (near) future. As more ISP's buy 56K modems and telephone wire are replaced by high speed digital circuits, things may be quite different next year.
I hope this is answering most of your questions, buying computer equipment is a risky and unsatisfying job. Next week they will have a better computer with more gadgets and cheaper than what they have today. I advise people to stay one step behind the hipe and buy last weeks model. Not the fastest but much cheaper and then you will save so much money you can buy another computer in 2 years, which of course will be faster and blah blah blah compared to the fastest model today
I rambling, have fun
If you buy a new car which is twice as fast as your old car, would you be able to drive twice as fast?
Yes, no and maybe. Sunday morning at 4 AM you will be able to drive twice as fast. Friday at 6 PM no way.
The same is valid for your modem. If you are the only one connecting to your ISP and the telephone connection is clear you will be twice as fast. But your speed is not just detemined by the equipment you use, it is also determined by everything else.
Buying a 28.8 modem will double the speed of your connection most of the time. I am using a 33.6 modem and it connects to the ISP at 28.8 most of the time (so I have no advantage over a 28.8 modem). Not that many ISP are supporting a 56k modem yet, and with the quality of most telephone lines you will not connect at 56K. But you also need to look at the (near) future. As more ISP's buy 56K modems and telephone wire are replaced by high speed digital circuits, things may be quite different next year.
I hope this is answering most of your questions, buying computer equipment is a risky and unsatisfying job. Next week they will have a better computer with more gadgets and cheaper than what they have today. I advise people to stay one step behind the hipe and buy last weeks model. Not the fastest but much cheaper and then you will save so much money you can buy another computer in 2 years, which of course will be faster and blah blah blah compared to the fastest model today
I rambling, have fun
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Mark... (I increased points to 200? is that how it works?)