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Hello,
I'm not exactly new to Mac but I've never had my education on hardware.
Recently my girlfriend's architecture office gave us a PowerMac G4 to accompany a refurbed powerbook I've had for a year now. I've found that this G4 is not as fast and tight as my powerbook and I'd like to spend a little to get it up to speed. Problem is I'm a little confused about the processor and what exactly would really make the difference.
Here are the specs for the G4:
Machine Model: PowerMac 3,3
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.9)
CPU's: 2
Speed: 500 MHz
L2 Cache: 1 MB
Memory: 640 MB (256, 128, 128, 128)
Bus Speed: 100 MHz
It appears to have a 256 MB SDRAM in one slot and 128's in the other 3 slots.
And I know it's a "dual processor."
Question is what are the best, easiest, cheapest ways to make this guy go faster? I don't need to do video . . . just faster Adobe/Macromedia and Garageband really.
Thanks
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I'm not exactly new to Mac but I've never had my education on hardware.
Recently my girlfriend's architecture office gave us a PowerMac G4 to accompany a refurbed powerbook I've had for a year now. I've found that this G4 is not as fast and tight as my powerbook and I'd like to spend a little to get it up to speed. Problem is I'm a little confused about the processor and what exactly would really make the difference.
Here are the specs for the G4:
Machine Model: PowerMac 3,3
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.9)
CPU's: 2
Speed: 500 MHz
L2 Cache: 1 MB
Memory: 640 MB (256, 128, 128, 128)
Bus Speed: 100 MHz
It appears to have a 256 MB SDRAM in one slot and 128's in the other 3 slots.
And I know it's a "dual processor."
Question is what are the best, easiest, cheapest ways to make this guy go faster? I don't need to do video . . . just faster Adobe/Macromedia and Garageband really.
Thanks
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