My setup: Dual 450 Mhz G4 (Gigabit Ethernet/Sawtooth) 512 MB of SDRAM OS X.1.5 OS 9.2.2 30 GB Hard Drive (17.23 GB Unused 17" Apple Studio Display LCD Flat Screen DVD-ROM ATI Radeon 8500
With the double-mirror bay drive door models weighing at two G4 chips, at 867, 1 Ghz, and 1.25 Ghz. I have come to the point where I am not sure how much more I can get out of this machine. The 2X AGP slot is outdated, the SDRAM and 100Mhz system bus is capable and solid for my machine speed, but the newer Macs really hold some big improvements over the older models, DDR RAM, a faster system bus, faster AGP graphics ports, level 3 cache beefed up on-board cache and level 2 cache all seeing improvements across the board. The new Final Cut Pro recommends at least a 500 Mhz G4 processor. I am supposing my dual 450 Mhz G4 chips should be good enough if the recommendations is only for a single 500 Mhz setup... I need to buy Jaguar I suppose. I am wondering if Quartz Extreme will help my machine out across the board. Dragging windows around uinder 10.1.5 is a chore, the windows do not move seamlessly... I guess I just wonder if my Mac has run itself into the ground, or rather if Apple has poured out an operating system that is much too powerful for my dp 450. This is where I thought my Mac would fly... under a multi-processor operating system. But it hasn't been the love story I expected. And perhaps the worst thing of all... I can't swap out the processors for a new dp G4 card... sadly, jc -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
