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At 04:53 PM 5/6/97 -0500, Benjamin S. Kim wrote: >I'm currently a Mac PowerBook 5300c user (32/750 sys 7.5.5) and am >considering moving to a ThinkPad 560. I have a few questions, though: > >1. Can I use my Mac peripherals? I have a SCSI Zip drive and SCSI NEC >2v CD-ROM drive and would like to know if I can just download new Win >drivers to use with them. On that note, I was wondering if anyone has >had experience with Adaptec's SlimSCSI PCMCIA adapters. I have an Adaptec SlimSCSI that works flawlessly with any SCSI peripheral I've used--including a couple of CD-ROM drives and a SCSI Zip you mention (I have a 560). > I also have a >Mac printer and was wondering if there was anything comparable to >"PowerPrint" which allows Macs to use PC printers. I'm not aware of it going the other way--I don't *think* you can print from a PC to an Appletalk printer. I could be wrong though. (I've done it the other way many times--Mac to a PC printer, but even that had its shortcomings). >2. Does the lack of a L2 cache hurt its performance severely? I'll be >doing a bit of Photoshop work and would like to know if I should wait >until a more powerful 560 comes around (has one been announced? any >insider gossip?). Of course a lack of an L2 cache is going to hurt its performance compared to one that *does* have one (which the 560's don't). If performance is an issue, go get a 760 or better yet--don't use a notebook at all. The 560 is a perfectly good performer for what it is--but there's no mistaking that its primary function is a light, thin, notebook computer. Such things don't lend themselves well to speed/performance issues. >3. What kind of backup devices are people using with 560's? I'm >considering getting a SCSI Travan-4 or a much cheaper parallel-port >Seagate TapeStor3200 despite its slow performance. Get whatever you want--as long as you have a workable backup that you'll use. I use a SCSI DAT drive. >5. Does NT workstation 4 work well on a 560? What have people's >experiences been with trying to configure peripherals with it? I wouldn't do it. ------- Randy Whittle rwhittle@usa.net Marshall Graduate School of Business at USC http://www-scf.usc.edu/~whittle *Every* man dies. Not every man really LIVES! - William Wallace, 15th Century Scottish Freedom Fighter