Hmm, that's strange, the hard drive should work in either, if it's an
IDE HD. You could just install OSX on the G4, then put the HD from the
G4 in the beige, (hopefully this would work?) then move you home
folder over, and replace it on the G4 hd. This would effectively do
what you'd want, if you put your username and short name the same on
both installations.
As for being faster... the G4 will have a much faster bus speed, and
probably faster RAM. But with the upgrade, they'd probably be
equivalent. The G4 probably has more compatibility and expandability
also, however, and can be upgraded to 1GHz (or more). Just some things
to consider, the choice is yours :)
-Cyrus
On Mar 1, 10:24 am, Lawrence David Eden <[email protected]> wrote:
> Here is my situation:
>
> I have been using a Beige G3 with a Zif Upgrade. The Beige runs at
> 500mhz. I have added firewire and USB cards and they work fine. In
> fact, the entire computer is performing well.
>
> I was recently given a 450 mhz G4 tower which I expect to be faster
> than the Beige and I want to start using it ASAP. My ZIF upgrade is
> compatible with the new Mac, so I can use it.
>
> The problem(s)
>
> I want to transfer all of my settings, software authorizations,
> bookmarks, and email addresses to the newer Mac.
>
> But
>
> The hard drive from the Beige is incompatible with the new G4 so I
> can't simply add the Beige's hard drive to the G4. Nor will it mount
> on the G4 regardless of jumper settings.
> Apple's Migration Assistant did not work because the Beige does not
> have native firewire.
>
> I did a Carbon Copy Clone of the Beige onto my external firewire
> drive but I can't figure out how to transfer the clone to the newer
> Mac.
>
> I hope that some of you have experience with this scenario and can
> offer some ideas towards a solution. Also, considering the time and
> trouble, do you think I will see any speed increases over the Beige?
>
> Larry Eden
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