I'd bet OP meant encode and burn. I still love my MDD G4 (so 1.25Ghz) and saw 2 hours encode time per hour of DV.
On Nov 21, 3:13 pm, hecowan <[email protected]> wrote: > Did you mean burns DVDs in 5 minutes? 5 hours seems a little slow. > > I put a 22x DVD burner in my Quicksilver, it burns DVDs pretty fast. > > Figured a dual g4-500 would have made a nice old OSX 10.3 machine for > utility work. > > On Nov 20, 10:31 pm, Amanda Ward <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Nov 20, 2010, at 7:09 PM, Powermac wrote: > > > > I snagged a G4-400 Sawtooth in the hopes of upgrading it to a dual > > > G4-500. Unfortunatly I didn't know you need a Uni-n rev 7 or higher > > > for the setup to work (the machine boots into OS 9.2.2 fine and System > > > profiler shows 2 x 500 CPUs with cache, but OSX installs kernal panic > > > on booting from the OS disk). > > > > So what would be my options other then sticking the single G4-400 back > > > into the system? Are sawtooth motherboards with rev 7 chip common and > > > cheap? Will a newer motherboard (GiGE?) fit and work with the old PS? > > > I too snagged a Sawtooth looking to upgrade. Had a Uni-n 5. Damn! > > Went to OWC and picked up a single Powerlogix 1.6 GHz processor. > > That was my main machine till the Intel iMac followed me home. > > Still a strong machine and my backup. Burns DVD's in about 5 hours. > > > I control the Sawtooth, a Gig-E and Digital Audio from the iMac. > > > Amanda > > -- > 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 athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtmland our > netiquette guide is athttp://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- 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
