The G4 is basically used for sound-related tasks and state-of-the-art speed and OS version is not a requirement. I'm happy to hang around with 10.3.x or 10.4 (For those like me who still have some OS 9 machines hanging around, there's an issue with AFP after 10.3.8, I believe it is, which kills dead large file xfers between later OS X machines and OS 9 machines).
For various reasons, I'm quite content with OS 9 for Photoshop and a few other uses, as well as having some quasi-legacy audio software that won't run on anything later than 9. Not as much fun as having a 1954 Stratocaster. All you need for that is new strings and it still works. On Feb 24, 11:31 am, Chuck <[email protected]> wrote: > weird name "operator headgap", their website is still up, > no idea if they have the item any more. > at this point OS 10.5 is probably optimized for faster CPU's than that and > even of you decide to mod the OS > or installer > > to run at a clock speed south of 867MHz,on a FrankenMac sawtooth.... i > would not expect performance to be worth all the effort. id be wanting > 1.2GHz or so. > > look for a used one on ebay. keep looking. bargains are out there . > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 1:13 PM, dadadata <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have a Sawtooth 450mhz with AGP video. > > > Is there any CPU drop-in that will take it to around 600-650mhz? > > > I can do, but don't want to do, the extra wiring tweaks involved in > > retrofitting a G4 Digital Audio CPU. > > > And I realize there's a 1.xx gig upgrade available; I don't need that > > extra speed for this machine, which is not my main desktop. > > > All hints Appreciated Much. -- COD --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
