On Thu, December 15, 2005 15:54, Laura Drew wrote: > My neighbor has a g4 tower. > I don't have all the specs in front of me but > it has a dvd drive in it! (it came with it) > she is running os 9 > I think it is a G4 (AGP Graphics) Sawtooth > I believe she has like a 350 mhz processor and I will have to check > on the ram.
350? I /think/ it may be a Yikes even. *checks lowendmac* Yup, the Yikes came out in a 350 flavour. > She is considering buying a new imac g5, but in case she decides not > to, we are trying to see what options of upgrades there are for her. > I would like her to upgrade to Tiger OR at least Panther. > Questions are > > what would be a low end upgrade.... if you had to do one or 2 things > before you installed x what would you do? Memory. At least 512 megs. If it's a sawtooth, CPU upgrade. Sawtooth CPU modules are going fairly cheap now. > I would LIKE to just delete everything off the disk but she will > still need os9 to run an older version of quickbooks. IMO, she won't want to get a G5 then. The mirror door G4 was the last Mac that would boot into 9. Granted, 10 has classic emulator-kind-of-thing, but it may or may not run her program correctly. If having the ability to run 9 is a must-have, spend the money that would be used for the G5 and put it toward some upgrades. Let's see, going a bit crazy @ OWC... OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.467-1.5GHz 2MB L3 Cache for PowerMac G4 AGP Graphics/Sawtooth - 349.00 (duals are available if you are /very/ serious about CPU upgrades, those are around 500) 512 megs PC100 that wil work in a sawtooth are about 80 each. And if she is happy with the current drive capacity and speed, great. Otherwise, I'd get a serial ATA adaptor and drive. ACARD AEC-6290M, the 2-Channel SATA Adapter - under 60 Pricewatch is showing 80 gig SATA drives going for about 50 (wish they were that cheap when I got mine) So, using this as an example and maxing out the memory: 320 for a full 2 gig of RAM 60 for the SATA card 50 for the drive 349 for the fastest CPU OWC offers under their own brand Total: 779, much less than a new G5. -- 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:g-list@mail.maclaunch.com> 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
