Re: MDD or Quicksilver?

2010-06-14 Thread JoeTaxpayer
IOGEAR Hi-Speed USB 2.0 5-Port PCI Expansion Card (faster data transfer for existing peripherals) FirmTek SeriTek/1S2 Serial ATA/150 Dual Channel Mac PCI Controller (to access her G5 iMac hard drive and a future additional drive). Another GB of RAM I'm answering as a G4 MDD lover. USB

Re: MDD or Quicksilver?

2010-06-14 Thread Dave Bjur
Thanks for the input! I have two drives, an 80 GB Apple-branded which came with the MDD with 10.5, and a 20 GB Seagate with 10.4. The Quicksilver came with no drive. Both boot the MDD but neither will boot the Quicksilver (2002), so for now I'm leaning toward the MDD. In the MDD I'm trying to

Re: MDD or Quicksilver?

2010-06-14 Thread JoeTaxpayer
I can't help with Memory, I have 4x512MB in each. But I can tell you - the SATA drives are bootable with that card. 3TB hanging off it. Transfers between two drives super fast. On Jun 14, 12:29 pm, Dave Bjur d...@bjurconsulting.com wrote: Thanks for the input! -- You received this message

Re: MDD or Quicksilver?

2010-06-14 Thread Dave Bjur
Cool! I'm ordering the card today. -- Dave On Jun 14, 2010, at 10:11 AM, JoeTaxpayer wrote: But I can tell you - the SATA drives are bootable with that card. 3TB hanging off it. Transfers between two drives super fast. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a

Re: MDD or Quicksilver?

2010-06-14 Thread Sri Gupta
Hi Dave, I got this USB2 card from amazon, for less than $10. It works great on my Dual G4 QS 2002- I've used external hard drives and ipods with it, with no problems. Don't plug your keyboard or mouse into it though, or else you'll have trouble waking it up from sleep mode. Apparently OS X

MDD or Quicksilver?

2010-06-13 Thread Dave Bjur
Greetings, I am new to the group, and would appreciate your advice and counsel. The motherboard for my wife's 1.8 gHz 20 G5 iMac gave up last week. Since money is tight, I'm planning to set her up with a G4 PowerMac. I recently purchased two surplus models ($50 ea.): Quicksilver dual

Re: MDD or Quicksilver?

2010-06-13 Thread John Carmonne
On Jun 13, 2010, at 2:15 PM, Dave Bjur wrote: Greetings, I am new to the group, and would appreciate your advice and counsel. The motherboard for my wife's 1.8 gHz 20 G5 iMac gave up last week. Since money is tight, I'm planning to set her up with a G4 PowerMac. I recently purchased

Re: MDD or Quicksilver?

2010-06-13 Thread Daniel Stewart
Well the biggest difference off the top of my head will be the RAM. The Quicksilver uses older PC 133 SDRAM and the MDD uses newer DDR RAM which also explains the difference in price for the RAM. PC 133 is quite expensive these days. There is also the bus speed of the mainboard too which is

Re: MDD or Quicksilver?

2010-06-13 Thread admin
I vote for the Quicksilver. It's quieter. Runs cooler. Take the ZIP cage off (comes off easily) and there is more room for running SCSI or SATA cables. Each can take the same graphics cards (Radeon 9000 is a good choice) and have same # of PCI card slots. -- You received this message

G4 MDD or Quicksilver?

2009-02-20 Thread lrbarrios
it was being shipped to my house. :) Now, about the subject of this post: MDD or Quicksilver. I kinda prefer the look of the Quicksilver over the MDD. I've read that the MDD is nicknamed 'Wind Tunnel', but that there was a firmware update that may have fixed that problem. I'm setting up a little

Re: G4 MDD or Quicksilver?

2009-02-20 Thread Christopher Icha
the subject of this post: MDD or Quicksilver. I kinda prefer the look of the Quicksilver over the MDD. I've read that the MDD is nicknamed 'Wind Tunnel', but that there was a firmware update that may have fixed that problem. I'm setting up a little computer room in the house and the last thing I

Re: G4 MDD or Quicksilver?

2009-02-20 Thread mythmaker18
a larger wad of cash than I did. And if you were one of those snipers, then congratulations... you got a very nice machine. I just wish it was being shipped to my house. :) Now, about the subject of this post: MDD or Quicksilver. I kinda prefer the look of the Quicksilver over the MDD. I've

Re: G4 MDD or Quicksilver?

2009-02-20 Thread PeterH
On Feb 20, 2009, at 12:38 AM, lrbarrios wrote: Now, about the subject of this post: MDD or Quicksilver. I kinda prefer the look of the Quicksilver over the MDD. I've read that the MDD is nicknamed 'Wind Tunnel', but that there was a firmware update that may have fixed that problem. I'm

Re: G4 MDD or Quicksilver?

2009-02-20 Thread Tom
The QS 2002 1 GHz DP is a heck of a good machine. I used one for the last few years, doing lots of Photoshop and video editing (iMovie and Final Cut Express), until moving up to a G5 so as to be able to run Final Cut Studio. I still use it for many things. The QS 2002 can do pure OS 9 if