So are you saying that I can add large drive support to the digital audio without the pci ata card? How? How do I build a Hackintosh? My brother just got me a 1.8GHZ dell dimension for $20 at a second hand shop. -Jonas
On 12/27/08, PeterH <peterh5...@rattlebrain.com> wrote: > > > On Dec 27, 2008, at 2:15 AM, jonas ulrich wrote: > > > I have a 533MHZ G4 PowerMac with a 133MHZ bus speed and 3 dimm > > slots. I also have a Dual 500MHZ PowerMac G4 with a 100MHZ bus > > speed and 4 dimm slots. I want to run one of these with Mac OS 10.4 > > Server. Which will offer me the most expandability and speed? > > > Hands down, the machine with the faster bus. > > When Apple redesigned the G4s for the faster bus, they also wanted to > increase the number of PCI slots, so one of the RAM slots had to go. > > The result was the Digital Audio series (which includes the > Quicksilver series). > > The LBA48 "property" can be added to all of these, anyway, so there > is no reason to add a PCI ATA card, hence no need for an additional > PCI slot. > > Should you consider a faster processor, and you really should, get > one which is designed for both 100 and 133 MHz buses. > > But, for that money, you could build an Intel-based Hackintosh, which > could easily out-perform any G4 Mac by 5-to-1. > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
