What kind of cpu upgrade options do the 'dual' machines have? How much faster is a dual compared to a single?
I will of course do the RAM first. Rad... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matty Ryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "G-List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 9:27 PM Subject: Re: best buy? > Rad, > > To start off, any of them are decent machines. The two main issues I see > are whether you want the hard drive space or the RAM. You cannot run much > (at least very quickly) on 64 MB of RAM. But that is easy to add to. You > can buy a 512 MB chip to install in the G4s for about $125. The Dual > processors can take at least 1GB of additional RAM. > > Hope that helps. > > matty. > > > > > From: "Rad Craig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: "G-List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 21:08:20 -0600 > > To: "G-List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: best buy? > > > > Which of these is the best buy? I am sending in three G3's for trade > > (getting $375 trade-in) and will have about $400 to add to it, so $800 is at > > the top of my price range. I really want a DA, but they don't have any in > > stock right now. I thought about selling my 3 on ebay, but I just went and > > looked and I'd be lucky to get the amount I'm getting on a trade-in. So I'm > > stuck with buying something they have in their inventory...which constantly > > changes. They won't just buy them from me and send me the cash or I'd take > > it and buy a DA off of ebay for $588 as I see them on there all the time for > > that. I wish that's what I could do. > > > > I want the best machine I can get as this will be my first real 'mac' > > experience and will be my main daytime machine. I will do a little graphics > > work on it occasionally, but not much. It will be for Office, email, web, > > etc. Just general internet usage mainly. I want to run OSX on it. > > > > Unless any of you want to trade for 2 beige G3/233's and one iMac G3/233 and > > some cash? > > > > 1 $678 Used PowerMac AGP G4/450, 256 MB of RAM, 30 GB internal drive, > > internal DVD-ROM, internal 56k modem, includes keyboard and mouse, internal > > 100 Mb Zip > > > > > > 1 $719 Used PowerMac Gigabit G4/450, 256 MB of RAM, 30 GB internal drive, > > internal DVD-ROM, internal 56k modem, includes keyboard and mouse, internal > > 100 Mb Zip > > > > > > 1 $799 Used PowerMac DUAL G4/500, 64 MB of RAM, 60 GB internal drive, > > internal DVD-ROM, internal 56k modem, includes keyboard and mouse > > > > > > 1 $799 Used PowerMac DUAL G4/500, 64 MB of RAM, 60 GB internal drive, > > internal DVD-ROM, internal 56k modem, includes keyboard and mouse > > > > > > Rad... > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > > -- > 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 > -- 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
