Hi Rich, Sorry to harp on this again, but I’m sure you want to use your friend’s money as efficiently as possible, and if 120GB is enough for her right now, then why spend more. From the other posts I’m still not clear if a bigger-than-128GB HD will work at all, even when partitioned. The two main bottlenecks on the computer you’ve got will be processor speed and maybe USB1.1 speed. (By the way, you didn’t explain how this model can be M5183 and the processor speed 466MHz. This combination seems impossible to me.)
To put things in perspective, have a look at what’s going on ebay: 330454119075 is a MacMini G4 with 3x the speed of her present machine, 1GB RAM and 80GB HD. It has VGA so she can use it with the HP screen, and DVI so she can upgrade to a nicer monitor any time. This item was sold for 150 British Pounds, and it’s not the only one like that. Cheers! -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
