>Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:55:38 -0700 >From: jonas ulrich <[email protected]> > >I am looking at a dual 1ghz on ebay for $200 free shipping. Good deal? Will >this one have cache? >-Jonas
For any machine you're thinking of buying, get the exact model number and look it up on everymac.com. Also, what's a good deal depends on, inter alia: 1) How much RAM does it come with? Also, if it comes with a fraction of the maximum for the model, is that in the form of several small DIMMs that you'll want to replace altogether, or one or two large ones (512 MB, preferably) that you can keep when you max out. 2) What capacity hard disks? What optical disk(s)? 3) What graphics card? This can make a big difference if you're going to be doing video work with iMovie or, especially, Final Cut Pro. Also, if you want to be able to drive two monitors, make sure that none of the ports on the card is an ADC port, unless you want to drive a monitor that can use such a port. (Either VGA monitors can't, or they need an expensive adapter if such even exists.) Also, make sure the card is an AGP card unless you don't expect to use all your PCI slots. One advantage of the MDD models, including the FW 800's, is that they have space for two optical disks. Depending on what you do with your computer, this can be an advantage. - Aaron --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
