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G4 AGP "Sawtooth" upgrade
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<blockquote data-quote="g5velocity" data-source="post: 556625" data-attributes="member: 44569"><p>My oldest mac, the G4, is showing its age but its still kicking.</p><p></p><p>Specifics</p><p></p><p>G4 450MHz</p><p>OS 10.3.9</p><p>100MHz bus speed</p><p>512MB RAM</p><p>ATI Radeon 32MB </p><p>40GB HDD</p><p>20GB HDD</p><p></p><p>I have other macs in the house so this old trusty G4 will go on my bedroom desk. It will just function as a web surfer, music/video downloads, no hardcore apps. However, even doing these things seem sluggish. Should I reformat all the HDDs and start from a clean slate, more memory, new processor?</p><p></p><p>I've totaled less than $300 for a 1.6GHz processor and 512MB memory stick from mac-sales.com You guys help me work it out. If I go too far on this G4 upgrade then perhaps I should dump it and get the Mac Mini? I've heard the arguments that going overboard on a powerful processor upgrade is moot considering that the rest of the hardware can't keep up.</p><p></p><p>Well, you've seen the specifics of my machine, what its function will be, what my options are and now I just need some sound advice. If you advise on getting a cpu upgrade please be specific: Newer Tech, PowerLogix, OWC Mercury, Sonnet, etc. I can pretty much expect you guys to tell me to max out my RAM.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="g5velocity, post: 556625, member: 44569"] My oldest mac, the G4, is showing its age but its still kicking. Specifics G4 450MHz OS 10.3.9 100MHz bus speed 512MB RAM ATI Radeon 32MB 40GB HDD 20GB HDD I have other macs in the house so this old trusty G4 will go on my bedroom desk. It will just function as a web surfer, music/video downloads, no hardcore apps. However, even doing these things seem sluggish. Should I reformat all the HDDs and start from a clean slate, more memory, new processor? I've totaled less than $300 for a 1.6GHz processor and 512MB memory stick from mac-sales.com You guys help me work it out. If I go too far on this G4 upgrade then perhaps I should dump it and get the Mac Mini? I've heard the arguments that going overboard on a powerful processor upgrade is moot considering that the rest of the hardware can't keep up. Well, you've seen the specifics of my machine, what its function will be, what my options are and now I just need some sound advice. If you advise on getting a cpu upgrade please be specific: Newer Tech, PowerLogix, OWC Mercury, Sonnet, etc. I can pretty much expect you guys to tell me to max out my RAM. [/QUOTE]
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