Mekavich, Well...I can say that the 900 mhz upgrade made a HUGE difference in Mac OS X. I can also say that if you don't already have a Mac, you are MUCH better off buying a Mac mini unless you need an S900 for some reason. The new Mac mini has much, much, MUCH better performance than my FrankenMac. FYI. George
--- Mekavich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey George, > > i'm hoping you had something like a G3 400mhz cpu > before, can you tell us if the upgrade to the > Powerlogix G3 900mhz resulted in a significant > increase in speed? did you feel a difference? is it > worth the upgrade? > > --- George Namcam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ernest, > > I'm running an Umax S900 with an XLR8 (Daystar) > zif > > carrier card, a 900 mhz Powerlogix G3, Radeon 7000 > > PCI, Sonnet Tempo ATA controller, Western Digital > > Special Edition 120 gig drive, USB 2.0 PCI card, > > XPostFacto installed Mac OS X 10.3.8, 496 mb RAM > on > > a > > 55 mhz overclocked bus. Everything works just > fine, > > although you should not expect tremendous > > performance. > > The bus speed is definately noticable, although it > > is > > only noticable to me because I also have a dual > > processor 1.4 GHz G4 upgraded Quicksilver to > compare > > it to. > > George > > > > --- "Ernest L. Gunerius" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi all; > > > > > > I am preparing to give one of my S900's to a > > friend > > > and he wants a G3 > > > or G4 up-grade in it. > > > > > > Can any one tell me which of the new Processor > > > up-grades from Other > > > World Computing will work with no hassle in my > > > S900. I see they no > > > longer list the Umax Clones as candidates for > > > up-grades. Or any other > > > clones for that matter. > > > > > > I was never able to get my PowerLogix PowerForce > > G3 > > > 900 to function in my S900. > > > > > > But that my have been my fault since I was not > > > "running on all > > > cylinders" most of the last two years, > culminating > > > in a Triple Heart > > > By-pass and Carotid replacement on my personal > > > "Hardware". 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