On May 30, 2009, at 2:05 AM, Paul wrote: > > The less expensive G5's and Intels are cheap enough to compete with > those third party G4 upgrades, and you end up with a much more > powerful machine.
Like others have said, I think your best bet is to go with a new G5 (either an iMac or Powermac.) Dual G5's are relatively cheap (i got my dual 1.8 GHz G5 for $400, after a discount for some case damage.) I started out with a Sawtooth and upgraded to a 1GHz G4 from OWC (eshop.macsales.com.) Even though it made a considerable difference, I felt it still was too slow compared to my PCs even after overclocking it to 1.3GHz. So I upgraded to the dual G5, and the performance was *much* better. If you do go that route, remember to feed your new G5 plenty of RAM, especially if you load Leopard. One thing to keep in mind with the newer G4 upgrades is that they may require a firmware and/or OS upgrade to work properly. I had Tiger on my Sawtooth, so there was no need for an OS upgrade, but I did have to upgrade my firmware. The procedure on a Sawtooth was a bit odd, but hopefully you won't have to deal with a programmer's button on a Gigabit. Eric --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
