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<blockquote data-quote="pinto79" data-source="post: 1623942" data-attributes="member: 167075"><p>Hey all.</p><p></p><p>Just for clarification purposes, my main computer is a Late 2012 Mac Mini (Yosemite) and my main portable is an early 2008 MacBook (Lion).</p><p></p><p>I am a bit of a collector and have a couple of PowerMac G4 towers around for tinkering and a few other things. This question relates to one specifically.</p><p></p><p>I have a 2003 PowerMac G4 MDD. It's not the FW800 one, its the last one made, model # M8570. It's a single 1.25 GHz, 2GB Ram and a 250GB hard drive. It runs 10.5.8 and it a nice machine for the few things I do with it, mostly Photoshop, since I own Adobe CS.</p><p></p><p>What I'm not finding any answer to online is what I'm hoping some of you here might know. There was a Dual 1.25 model available, and I have located a dual 1.25 processor board for a song, but I can't find anywhere if the logic board is the same on both single and dual models. What info I have been able to find seems to suggest that there is a chance that they are, but I would like to know definitively. </p><p></p><p>My hope is that it would just be a processor board and heat sink swap and carry on.</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance for your help!</p><p></p><p>Trevor</p><p></p><p></p><p>Edit: Also, if anyone knows if the dual 1.42 GHz CPU board from the FW800 model would be the same compatibility as the Dual 1.25, I may consider extending my search... Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pinto79, post: 1623942, member: 167075"] Hey all. Just for clarification purposes, my main computer is a Late 2012 Mac Mini (Yosemite) and my main portable is an early 2008 MacBook (Lion). I am a bit of a collector and have a couple of PowerMac G4 towers around for tinkering and a few other things. This question relates to one specifically. I have a 2003 PowerMac G4 MDD. It's not the FW800 one, its the last one made, model # M8570. It's a single 1.25 GHz, 2GB Ram and a 250GB hard drive. It runs 10.5.8 and it a nice machine for the few things I do with it, mostly Photoshop, since I own Adobe CS. What I'm not finding any answer to online is what I'm hoping some of you here might know. There was a Dual 1.25 model available, and I have located a dual 1.25 processor board for a song, but I can't find anywhere if the logic board is the same on both single and dual models. What info I have been able to find seems to suggest that there is a chance that they are, but I would like to know definitively. My hope is that it would just be a processor board and heat sink swap and carry on. Thanks in advance for your help! Trevor Edit: Also, if anyone knows if the dual 1.42 GHz CPU board from the FW800 model would be the same compatibility as the Dual 1.25, I may consider extending my search... Thanks! [/QUOTE]
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