jack Untail last week I was the proud owner of a g3 mt 333Mhz power mac ...my only problem was the the 66 MHz bus. I had long ago max'ed out both the ROM and RAM and had found little improvement ...and there was always the 66 MHZ bus to deal with. Was I putting to much money and time into my 1999 mac? That was always going to have a limiting factor that I couldn't overcome! Was I begining to limit the kinds of sofware that I could get my hands on? Would I dare to expand into OS X with only a g3 at my side? These were some of the questions that I found spinning around in my mind.
So in late July I started my review and search for a replacement ...if i was going to move forware I was going for a 133 MHZ bus or bust trying! After much review and some help from you all ...again thanks. I started looking for a DA G4 533 MHz or maybe even a 733 MHz Power Mac the very first model set to offer a 133 MHz bus. After ten ...count them ...10 misses on e-bay one by less than $10.00 ... I was readly to give up! I was by this time willing to take a entry level 433 MHz model of the DA ...it was not a good time! Then I came across the following ..."G4 733 MHz" ...thanking it was a DA i open the file and WOW it was a "QuickSilver" G4 733 MHz ...loaded! The item was 6 days out from closing and no "Buy Know" option ...not even PayPal (that got worked out later) ...well it was a trying 6 days and the last 5 min's went very wild ...but I somehow managed to win it just $1.00 under my limit ...$599.00 including shipping! It rearch me last friday and I'm having a ball setting it up slowly! I haved a added a second 40 GB hard drive and will be mounting both OS 9.2 and OS X.3.5 I guess this was a little long winded for a reply ...but I feel that the time is upon us all to start moving in the direction of a 133 MHz Power Mac ... I know this new QS is going to serve me well for the 5 or so years ...maybe 2010. Good luck and hang in there and you too may just get yourself a DA or even a QS ...and besides OS X is a lot of fun if you go slow and real the missimg manual page by page. Rick --- Jack Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Aug 16, 2004, at 1:26 PM, rb wrote: > > > since the used g4 prices are starting to come > down, is it worth > > acellerating > > this machine (266mh g3 tower, 300 megs, w/av card) > to a g4? > Well the Blue & White G3 has the 100 MHz system bus, > so there's no bus > improvements until you move to a fairly late model > G4 and find the 133 > MHz bus. However, if you're doing a lot of graphics > work on a monitor, > having an AGB graphics slot vs PCI is nice. AGB is > the graphics > standard from the Sawtooth models onward. > > > ultimately, i would like to be able to edit video > & sound and make my > > own dvds, but is it worth upgrading this thing, or > would i maybe spend > > less money waiting > > for the right g4 to come along? > Depends on your price point? Nobody can answer that > one for you. > > Jack Russell > > > -- > 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 > ===== have a great day... rick -- 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
