I would get a QS 2002 it won't have the 128GB hard drive limit on it. It's a lot less hassle because otherwise you have to buy this special driver to get hard drives over 128GB to work.
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 11:23 PM, Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a G4 733 Digital Audio that I was setting up to give to a > relative to use with Photoshop. He's into digital photography, and > this 733 ran Photoshop 9 just fine, and I was also giving him iLife > for iMovie and iPhoto and such. I put two 250-gig hard drives in it > and maxed out the memory at 1.5 gig. It was all set to go. > > Then the thing just died, went defunct, extinct. Hitting the start > button does nothing. I tried everything that anyone on this list > suggested to revive the patient, but it remained deceased. I gave up > on it. Probably a dead power supply, and I don't know how to replace > them. I decided the easiest thing to do would be to transfer its > innards, the HDs and RAM, to a working 733. > > Fortunately, replacement 733s are cheap and plentiful on eBay, going > for around $150 or less in good working order. > > All the above is the setup for this question: there are Digital Audio > 733s, and there are Quicksilver 733s, going for approximately the same > price. The Quicksilvers are newer, but are they that much better that > I should only consider the Quicksilvers? I think that a QS can accept > the RAM from a DA, so switching the drives and memory from one to the > other should not be a problem. > > But what would I really gain by upgrading to a Quicksilver 733 instead > of a Digital Audio? Or are the differences so slight that I should go > with a DA if I happen to see a better deal on one of those on eBay? > > Any advice much appreciated. > > Tom > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
