Thanks for the info. I have a couple of questions: What are Quicksilver and MDD Macs?
Is the pioneer drive an internal or external drive? Thursday, January 6, 20055:31 PMRob Kerstinglaffmakr at aye.net >Harry: > >Processor upgrades are great things, if you don't expect too much. True, an >800-900mHz chip will outperform your standard 400, but you've got to >remember the speed gets somewhat "strangled" by the bus speed of your tower. >I ran a 450mHz G4 chip in my Beige MT for a long while and was very >satisfied. > >You'll notice a DRAMATIC increase in speed and usability for not too much >money, just not the blazing speed of a machine with a 800-900mHz chip native >and the bus speed to handle the pace. > >Most all of the upgrade companies will have their good stories and bad >stories. Just be sure that they guarantee your purchase. It is somewhat >cost-effective, but only up to a point. Check the cost of a Quicksilver or >MDD Mac versus what you'll pay for a processor upgrade. > >A good place to start would be Other World Computing >(http://www.macsales.com). I've done much business with them and they're >straight-forward and helpful. They're prices are pretty competitive and they >carry a few selections of processors including their own brand (which work >very, very well for a cheap price). > >You'll also find the Pioneer line of SuperDrives for sale around $100, as >opposed to the 150-200 you quoted. > >I'd also subscribe to dealmac.com. They send out a daily newsletter with all >sorts of unheard of prices on drives, supplies, upgrades, etc. > >If you can swing it, I'd still look into upgrading the entire machine. >Producing DVDs is a very slow process. On my Quicksilver 800 (thanks Ward!), >which is the base model iDVD will run on, it still takes 4 hours to compress >1 hour of full-screen video & audio. With a slow bus speed on your tower, >you're looking at a pretty long time. > >Think this way: >Upgrade- $500 >Superdrive- $100 >120Meg Drive- $100 (video is very big) > >You're already at $700, why not bite the bullet and get Ward to set you up >with an eMac or even a new iMac? Then you'll have the juice to do whatever >you need. And you could probably get 2-300 for the old machine on eBay. > >Just my thoughts. > >rob > > >Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > >> I have a 400 MHz g4 tower with 100 MHz bus which I purchased in December >> 2000. I want to run idvd but it requires a minimum 800 MHz processor. >> >> I recently upgraded the AGP video card to one that supports two monitors. >> >> I have researched PowerLogix processor upgrade. It cost $500. In addition >> to the processor I would need a DVD rw drive which would cost $150-200. >> >> So, my question(s): >> >> 1) does anyone out there have experience with processor upgrades - what >> do you think? >> 2) Is powerlogix the only company with processor upgrades, if not who >> else do you recommend? >> 3) do you think it's cost effective to make the upgrade? >> 4) If I were to purchase a new computer is anyone interested in >> purchasing the current machine? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Harry >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > > > >| The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >| be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >| List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >| List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
