We are talking about an imac g5,not a powermac...sorry...
but I would suggest she get the new but I just wanted to know what
she might get by with if
she can't get the money together...
It does not have to be the equivalent but at least better than she
has now.
thanks Laura
On Dec 15, 2005 ,Dec 15, 2005, at 7:01 PM, Andrea Salvarani wrote:
Honestly,
if your neighbour can afford it and she's not a tinkerer why not
buying the iMac G5? To match its performances with a Sawtooth you'd
end up spending more than buying new.
IMO, you choose the upgrade way for two reasons: 1) like to have a
machine with a lot of expansion slots and so you want get a tower,
2) but can't afford that new shining G5.
(Real reason is that you like to play doctor and perform regular
surgery, medical check ups, resuscitation and finally euthanasia;-)
Otherwise a new machine comes with a warranty, all the new
technology built in, needs much less support, and will be supported
by Apple for much longer.
Cheers
Andrea
On 16/12/2005, at 11:04 AM, Amanda Ward wrote:
Hi Laura,
If it's indeed a sawtooth, the upgrade path may be a good way to
go. There are quite a few CPU enhancements available for that
machine.
I'm kind of looking for a G4 machine, but until a =great= deal
comes along, my B&W is still an awesome Mac!
Bruce started life as an ordinary B&W, Rev. 1, G3-300.
Now he's sporting a Rev. 2 main board, G4-450 CPU, 1 GB ram, 60
and 20 GB hard drives, firewire 40 GB drive, USB 2-52x CD/RW, USB
2 PCI card and a dual format, double layer DVD +/- R/RW... running
under Tiger. (Have a 250 GB USB 2 drive I'm trying, but he's not
much liking it!)
I sort of like the upgrade path... :->
Anyway...
1. A G4-350 should run X okay, but memory could be an issue. Apple
recommends 128 MB minimum... I've run Jaguar on a Wallstreet 266
with 192 MB. It runs, but pretty slow. I also run Jaguar on Bryce
(B&W G3-350) with 256 MB and it's okay, but not a speed demon!!!
2. Then... Hard disk space. Don't know what the Sawtooth came
with, but drive prices are coming way down. Saw a 100 GB Maxtor at
Office Depot for $79 today. Prolly find one for less.
I installed Tiger on my 20 GB drive along with a couple of
applications and disk space is getting a little tight!
Just my thoughts... HTH,
Amanda
On 15/12/2005, at 3:54 PM, 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.
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.
I don't know where her original disks are.
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?
The computer freezes often, I can't figure out why.
I would LIKE to just delete everything off the disk but she will
still need os9 to run an older version of quickbooks.
Any suggestions would be GREAT!!
thanks
Laura
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