Re: A G5 upgrade

2010-07-17 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
If you need to, get a larger HDD. 320GB is good, but the more, the better. RAM upgrades is always an option, since more RAM memory can make a computer faster.  Sent from my Power Mac G4 Sawtooth -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4,

Re: A G5 upgrade

2010-07-17 Thread John Carmonne
On Jul 17, 2010, at 11:56 AM, TVirkkala wrote: I have a 1.8GHz G5 PowerMac. Soon i'll get a double 2.3GHz G5. Do you see anything wrong with simply removing the hard drives from my current G5 and placing them in the newer one? The switch should work just fine, shouldn't it? twv --

Re: A G5 upgrade

2010-07-17 Thread TVirkkala
Yeah, my first inclination was to do a migration assist. Maybe I'll do that with the primary drive, and swap the secondary drive. Unless the drive in the 1.8GHz is larger then I would just use Migration Assistant to move the 1.8 to the Dual 2.3 machine. But a drive swap is simple to do

Re: A G5 upgrade

2010-07-17 Thread John Carmonne
On Jul 17, 2010, at 12:47 PM, TVirkkala wrote: Yeah, my first inclination was to do a migration assist. Maybe I'll do that with the primary drive, and swap the secondary drive. Unless the drive in the 1.8GHz is larger then I would just use Migration Assistant to move the 1.8 to the Dual