On Mar 5, 5:46 am, PeterH <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mar 5, 2009, at 5:33 AM, tonycd wrote:
>
> > What's the newest variety of G4 whose swapped-out CPU will drop into a
> > Blue & White G3?
> I traded a megahertz for megahertz G4s for the G3s in two of my B&Ws,
> and I was disappointed.
>
I did the same and I like it ! I have upgraded a newer 466 to a 1.5ghz
and I still like the
upgraded turquoise mac ! I am using it for some music stuff. Anything
that uses altivec is still about 2.5 times faster here than the g3 at
450 mhz. but note it only cost me $25 (and there are regularly 400mhz
g4 zif on ebay now selling for even less)
however, because the memory speed limits, going to higher mhz might
put too much pinch on the altivec and limit its usefulness.
a possible explanation for the difference of experience : altivec
support has improved in the last few years for various reasons.
another reason it always depends on what you are doing -- my 33mhz
powerbook540c is still very very useful (possible essential) for
me ... but not for the same things.
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