I'm buying a Digital Audio....

[Jonathan Newman]

So I've told you guys all about my endeavors with my new fangled 
Sawtooth G4 that I got for free. I've told you how it's beaten my eMac 
as top mac i my house by 10 points on X-Bench ( mind you the eMac is a 
1.25GHz model ).  Anyways I've come across a slight problem of sorts 
and that is: I've purchased a Studio Display 17 ( CRT / ADC ) and 
apparently, despite Apple's tech support say it would work, it doesn't! 
Surprise surprise! Well I should have known better before running off 
and bidding on an auction without doing any real homework on the item!

But I'd still like to use the monitor! So, I look around and ask 
myself: what would be the best thing to do?

Well I could:
a.) Buy a PowerMac G5
b.) Buy a newer PowerMac G4, one that is compatible with an ADC Video 
card

c.) resell the monitor on eBay and try to get all the money I invested 
in it

after careful considerations I've decided to do: #B and I've chosen:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5757350419
as the candidate for upgrade! There are multiple advantages to 
upgrading a Sawtooth to a DA, and that is: Faster bus speed 133, versus 
100MHz. AGP 4X as opposed to AGP 2X, most importantly is the ADC 
compatible video card support!

Here's the game plan:
Buy the DA for 250~350
Transfer memory, hard drive, and CPU upgrade card
Sell the ATI radeon 9800 Pro w/128MB video memory
Buy, and install a semi comparable ADC compatible Video card
I'm sure with this upgrade I'd be able to achieve an additional 10 - 20 
point increase in X-Bench scoring over that of the current PowerMac G4 
giving this system a 20 - 30 point advantage over the eMac 1.25GHz!!!

so: Tell me if I'm crazy! or if I should wait a few months and save my 
pennies for a PowerMac G5 and live with what I have now for the time 
being!

 - Jonathan
P.S. I think I would ultimately be happier with the G5, but would also 
be happy to play more around with my PM G4s!

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