One thing you could also do is buy a used B&W "Yosemite" G3. That machine
was kind of a bridge between the Old World and New World machines. It comes
with USB and FireWire controllers on-board, but it also comes with an ADB
port for your old peripherals. Finally, it has a faster system bus (100MHz)
and RAM for it is much cheaper than for your 9500 (it uses PC100 SDRAM),
processor upgrades will be a fair amount easier and cheaper (due to the ZIF
socket) and faster (due to the higher bus speed). Finally, they go for
around $700 today--much less than a new G4. As you said, if your CPU is fast
enough already, then the stock 300-450MHz 750 in a Yosemite will be more
than enough.
<snip>
> So here I am. . .still confused. I guess it all comes
> down to what you really NEED the computer to do and
> what you WANT the computer to do. I may just cram 1.5
> gigs of RAM in this (9500) and the G4 card along with
> a Radeon graphics card and play some of the awsome
> games out there. . .but then I don't even play games
> on my computer. . .that's what my PS2 is for. All I
> use my computer for is graphic/web design and all of
> the top design programs, i.e., Photoshop, Dreamweaver,
> QuarkXpress, etc. What I really do need is more RAM
> even more than a faster processor. Of course the
> processor goes without saying. But right now I've got
> 512Megs of RAM interleaved and it works. . .most of
> the time. . Photoshop can be VERY demanding, and in
> the near future I can see a need for a CD-R/RW drive,
> which isn't a problem for the 9500's. Hmmm. . .still
> deciding. . .thanks folks for your info, and keep
> telling me what you think I should do!
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