If you have comparable RAM in both machines, there is not a whole lot of difference between the two. It comes down to personal preference at that point.
m. > From: "Rad Craig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "G-List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 21:41:50 -0600 > To: "G-List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: best buy? > > What kind of cpu upgrade options do the 'dual' machines have? How much > faster is a dual compared to a single? > > I will of course do the RAM first. > > > Rad... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matty Ryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "G-List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 9:27 PM > Subject: Re: best buy? > > >> Rad, >> >> To start off, any of them are decent machines. The two main issues I see >> are whether you want the hard drive space or the RAM. You cannot run much >> (at least very quickly) on 64 MB of RAM. But that is easy to add to. You >> can buy a 512 MB chip to install in the G4s for about $125. The Dual >> processors can take at least 1GB of additional RAM. >> >> Hope that helps. >> >> matty. >> >> >> >>> From: "Rad Craig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Reply-To: "G-List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 21:08:20 -0600 >>> To: "G-List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Subject: best buy? >>> >>> Which of these is the best buy? I am sending in three G3's for trade >>> (getting $375 trade-in) and will have about $400 to add to it, so $800 > is at >>> the top of my price range. I really want a DA, but they don't have any > in >>> stock right now. I thought about selling my 3 on ebay, but I just went > and >>> looked and I'd be lucky to get the amount I'm getting on a trade-in. So > I'm >>> stuck with buying something they have in their inventory...which > constantly >>> changes. They won't just buy them from me and send me the cash or I'd > take >>> it and buy a DA off of ebay for $588 as I see them on there all the time > for >>> that. I wish that's what I could do. >>> >>> I want the best machine I can get as this will be my first real 'mac' >>> experience and will be my main daytime machine. I will do a little > graphics >>> work on it occasionally, but not much. It will be for Office, email, > web, >>> etc. Just general internet usage mainly. I want to run OSX on it. >>> >>> Unless any of you want to trade for 2 beige G3/233's and one iMac G3/233 > and >>> some cash? >>> >>> 1 $678 Used PowerMac AGP G4/450, 256 MB of RAM, 30 GB internal drive, >>> internal DVD-ROM, internal 56k modem, includes keyboard and mouse, > internal >>> 100 Mb Zip >>> >>> >>> 1 $719 Used PowerMac Gigabit G4/450, 256 MB of RAM, 30 GB internal > drive, >>> internal DVD-ROM, internal 56k modem, includes keyboard and mouse, > internal >>> 100 Mb Zip >>> >>> >>> 1 $799 Used PowerMac DUAL G4/500, 64 MB of RAM, 60 GB internal drive, >>> internal DVD-ROM, internal 56k modem, includes keyboard and mouse >>> >>> >>> 1 $799 Used PowerMac DUAL G4/500, 64 MB of RAM, 60 GB internal drive, >>> internal DVD-ROM, internal 56k modem, includes keyboard and mouse >>> >>> >>> Rad... >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... >>> >>> Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | >>> -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | >>> >>> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> >>> >>> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> >>> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; >>> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> >>> >>> Using a Mac? 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