go on G5 and stay your G4 with its system, or recondition it... I have 3 sawtooth and a 9600... directly i am looking for a G5 with double cpu nowadays.
2009/2/11 arrr <[email protected]> > > i have used many of those upgrades. > i have priced them > > they're good, but not cheap enough . > > first off, its very hard to tell which rev of the G4 you get. > not all 7XXX freescale chips are the same, and most do not benchmark > well if > you're comparing with the original one you have., clock speed > > compare the spec benchmarks... get the MFG to give you the > model of CPU. > > i like the AGP sawtooth because it takes a full 2GB of ram, and AGP > cards are > available. > > the later g4's only take 1.5GB, and the latest mac OS uses wads of RAm > effectively if you have it. > > you need to consider a mini. > > especially since OS 10.6 is probably going to leave some machines > behind, and its successor almost defineitely wont run on a G4 CPU at > all. > > an intel core 2 duo makes those chips look silly. > and soon the mini should be released that will take 4GB of ram. > > > On Jan 4, 4:31 pm, RiverMan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Has anyone tried the upgrade from XLR8 or Newer Tech? I read about a > > 1.6 Ghz and a 2.0 Ghz upgrade for my G4 but would love to hear from > > people who have tried it. Or should I just save my cash and get a > > newer model? > > > > Thanks! > > > > -=] RiverMan [=- > > > > -- Baha Ata --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
