I just found a working powerMac G4 on the side of the road! included everything except the mouse. I'm not sure which version it is, but it looks like the sawtooth. It does seem to have a lot of stuff about airport on it, has a built in zip drive, dvd rom, and two firewire ports on the back. I think two usb ports too. I don't have internet at the house yet, so I can't look and see real quick.
I already have an intel iMac 24", and love it. I use it for music production mainly, Logic (not the pro version), Reason 4.0, some GarageBand.
what I really want to do is set up the found powerMac G4 in the practice room, with the pianos and guitars and such, and just run it for recording and making beats. Then I can keep the new iMac in the more secure location, the bedroom, for postproduction work, watching movies, and everything else. Basically all I would need to run on the G4 would be Reason and GarageBand. I was pretty hopeful, searching these forums and such, finding out that I can install OS 10.4 on it pretty easily, with a few RAM upgrads, but then I looked at the Reason website to find these recommended specs to run the program:
Mac OS:
Mac OS X 10.4
Processor: G4 1GHz and up or Intel Mac
Memory: 512 MB RAM minimum, 1 GB recommended
Screen resolution: 1024x768
2 GB free hard disk space
DVD reader
Recommended: MIDI keyboard with built-in MIDI interface, or MIDI keyboard and MIDI interface
I don't think I have a 1GHz G4, but I haven't positively ID'ed it. but it does look like a sawtooth from the pictures and my memory of some of the specs.
My question is do you think it's worth investing time and money into the found G4? or should I just get something newer?
I already have an intel iMac 24", and love it. I use it for music production mainly, Logic (not the pro version), Reason 4.0, some GarageBand.
what I really want to do is set up the found powerMac G4 in the practice room, with the pianos and guitars and such, and just run it for recording and making beats. Then I can keep the new iMac in the more secure location, the bedroom, for postproduction work, watching movies, and everything else. Basically all I would need to run on the G4 would be Reason and GarageBand. I was pretty hopeful, searching these forums and such, finding out that I can install OS 10.4 on it pretty easily, with a few RAM upgrads, but then I looked at the Reason website to find these recommended specs to run the program:
Mac OS:
Mac OS X 10.4
Processor: G4 1GHz and up or Intel Mac
Memory: 512 MB RAM minimum, 1 GB recommended
Screen resolution: 1024x768
2 GB free hard disk space
DVD reader
Recommended: MIDI keyboard with built-in MIDI interface, or MIDI keyboard and MIDI interface
I don't think I have a 1GHz G4, but I haven't positively ID'ed it. but it does look like a sawtooth from the pictures and my memory of some of the specs.
My question is do you think it's worth investing time and money into the found G4? or should I just get something newer?