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<blockquote data-quote="dtravis7" data-source="post: 918274" data-attributes="member: 8287"><p>The upgrades (especially a much faster G4 CPU and good video card like an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro) will cost you so much you could purchase a G4 Mini and it would be a better machine leave alone the low end Intel Mini.</p><p></p><p>I would sell off that machine and go for a newer one. You will pay way too much for the upgrades and then that Gigabit Ethernet G4 will still not even be worth $50 on Ebay. Now a days it's not worth throwing that much $$$ into such an old Mac.</p><p></p><p>I speak from experience. I own a Digital Audio G4 which is a much better machine to upgrade with it's 133Mhz Bus Vs your machines 100Mhz Bus, AGP 4x Vs AGP 2x on the Gigagit and my G4 1.5Ghz Mini keeps up with it and my Intel Mini blows it apart! I did this as a project for fun so did not really care about the $$$ and got a very good deal on all the parts.</p><p></p><p>My upgraded G4 is a very useable machine overall for day to day computing, but will not play HD video without choking. It does do well on You Tube videos though, and the upgrade cost was very high for what it does.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dtravis7, post: 918274, member: 8287"] The upgrades (especially a much faster G4 CPU and good video card like an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro) will cost you so much you could purchase a G4 Mini and it would be a better machine leave alone the low end Intel Mini. I would sell off that machine and go for a newer one. You will pay way too much for the upgrades and then that Gigabit Ethernet G4 will still not even be worth $50 on Ebay. Now a days it's not worth throwing that much $$$ into such an old Mac. I speak from experience. I own a Digital Audio G4 which is a much better machine to upgrade with it's 133Mhz Bus Vs your machines 100Mhz Bus, AGP 4x Vs AGP 2x on the Gigagit and my G4 1.5Ghz Mini keeps up with it and my Intel Mini blows it apart! I did this as a project for fun so did not really care about the $$$ and got a very good deal on all the parts. My upgraded G4 is a very useable machine overall for day to day computing, but will not play HD video without choking. It does do well on You Tube videos though, and the upgrade cost was very high for what it does. [/QUOTE]
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