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Give me the verdict on this Mac I bought?
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1051044" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>As far as the DVD drive you have laying around. The 450mhz Powermac G4 only has one 5.25" optical drive bay...so you would have to swap the drive that's already in the computer for the one you have laying around. As far as compatibility...plug it in & see if it works!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>I happen to have a Powermac G4 500mhz (basically exactly the same as your new computer)...and I took a look inside...and it looks like you can install up to four internal hard drives (4 areas to mount a 3.5" hard drive)...the problem is you need the PCI expansion card to have the extra data "cabling" needed to get them running.</p><p></p><p>Regarding the Firewire 800 card. I think the main difference between firewire 400 & 800 is data throughput. So if the recording you're going to be doing involves a lot of data transfer...then maybe the firewire 800 would be better. But I would think trying out the Firewire 400 first would be best.</p><p></p><p>By the way...what version of "Logic" are you thinking of running? Just asking since you should make sure it will run on this computer (processor speed, ram amount, OS version, hard drive space). Never hurts to check!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Most definitely please post an update when you finally receive this computer...and have a chance to "play" with it!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1051044, member: 56379"] As far as the DVD drive you have laying around. The 450mhz Powermac G4 only has one 5.25" optical drive bay...so you would have to swap the drive that's already in the computer for the one you have laying around. As far as compatibility...plug it in & see if it works!;) I happen to have a Powermac G4 500mhz (basically exactly the same as your new computer)...and I took a look inside...and it looks like you can install up to four internal hard drives (4 areas to mount a 3.5" hard drive)...the problem is you need the PCI expansion card to have the extra data "cabling" needed to get them running. Regarding the Firewire 800 card. I think the main difference between firewire 400 & 800 is data throughput. So if the recording you're going to be doing involves a lot of data transfer...then maybe the firewire 800 would be better. But I would think trying out the Firewire 400 first would be best. By the way...what version of "Logic" are you thinking of running? Just asking since you should make sure it will run on this computer (processor speed, ram amount, OS version, hard drive space). Never hurts to check!:) Most definitely please post an update when you finally receive this computer...and have a chance to "play" with it!:) - Nick [/QUOTE]
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