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November 8th, 2006, 03:26 PM
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| Welcome to the greener side of the fence! Are you using Tiger (10.4.x)? If you are I recommend at least 512MB RAM but 1GB RAM really speeds tiger up. Also you might want to try Applejack or Diskwarrior if you contunue to see your G4 being slow. Keep in mind though that it is a 667Mhz cpu...  |
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November 8th, 2006, 03:29 PM
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| I wouldn't invest in anything too much - the G4 processors are now obsolete with the intel chips. A faster, bigger hard drive may be a good thing if you run out of space, RAM is a good investment too.
__________________ Power to Burn. At speeds of up to 733MHz, The most powerful Mac in history burns CDs, burns DVDs, and burns Pentiums - apple website, oct 4, 1999. advertisement for the powermac g4 |
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November 8th, 2006, 03:57 PM
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| obsolete is not a bad thing...your talking to someone who knows obsolete...i have had every computer ever made damm near from the commodore 64 days to amiga 500s, 2000s, 3000 towers...8088s, 286, 386, 486 etc...i have owned them all and am also a certified tech....but the madness must stop somewheres....so i bought me my first mac...it s used G4 667 Digital Audio with 1 GB ram and 60 gb hd....it was only 150 bucks so i took a chance....i honestely must say.....im smilin....i plugged it into my router and bam...it just worked to my amazement....i plugged in a external drive and wala!!....can you imagine that???....it worked.....so into the network i went and ill be dammm...all my windows shares were there!!...THAT IN ITSELF sold me!!...so i dont mind putting in a few dollars more to make it abit faster....so im lookin for ideas....and obsolete you say?...arent they all!!...soon i will make the plundge for a new desktop...or maybe even sooner....  ...and of course in a few short months it too will be swallowed by the fast pace of technolodgy.. |
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November 8th, 2006, 04:04 PM
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November 8th, 2006, 05:38 PM
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| To be honest, $200 is too much to put into that machine. The accelerator will use up more battery power, and many people report problems. You'll be better off investing in a new battery (from NewerTech Technologies, about 50% juice), a bigger hard drive, or RAM. Or, even better, start a MacBook fund..
__________________ Power to Burn. At speeds of up to 733MHz, The most powerful Mac in history burns CDs, burns DVDs, and burns Pentiums - apple website, oct 4, 1999. advertisement for the powermac g4 |
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November 8th, 2006, 05:54 PM
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November 8th, 2006, 06:00 PM
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| What card are you looking at? Seriously, though, you can get a new intel mini for $500 (refurb), which is less than some cards, and it will blow away anything G4.
__________________ Power to Burn. At speeds of up to 733MHz, The most powerful Mac in history burns CDs, burns DVDs, and burns Pentiums - apple website, oct 4, 1999. advertisement for the powermac g4 |
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November 8th, 2006, 06:05 PM
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| well i was looking at the sonnett 1.6 gh it was about 229 or so...i never gave that any thought..a mini huh?.....i dont imagine you can add much to them though....if any...but they are very sweet....i think brand new there oly 499....here in so cal anyways.... |
