First, I'm amazed at the dual G4 processor for a G3 beige or B&W! I've never seen these before! Way cool! I wonder if any of them are still around. . . Secondly, I only partially agree regarding the upgrading B&W's. It's true that faster CPU's and graphics cards are available for these (for a price, of course!). Note, however, that Sawtooth and Gigabit Ethernet G4's run at the same bus speed as a B&W. I'm not sure you can justify upgrading some of the lower end G4 AGP machines anymore than the B&W. What you get versus what you spend is not that much better than the B&W. I still own a Gigabit Ethernet that I had heavily upgraded. Frankly, after a while, it just made more sense to sell off the upgraded components and put that money toward a Mini. If speed versus money is the main consideration, then you're MUCH better off just buying a Mini. Today's Mini is a powerful machine and can be had for less than $600. They're just not as much fun to "play with" as some of the older machines because the upgrade options are fairly limited. I think a lot of people on this list simply enjoy hot rodding their computers for the fun of it as much as the improvement in performance. Heck, if you just want bang for the buck, you should just stick to Windoze - (queue Tricky Dick . . ."But, that would be wrong!").
Scott Birdwell DeFalco's Home Wine & Beer Supplies Houston TX www.defalcos.com On Dec 17, 7:45 am, PM7500 <jburke...@comcast.net> wrote: > Don't bother upgrading your blue and white or beige G3 anymore. It is > much more cost efficient to upgrade to a G4 with an AGP slot. Not only > will the CPU be faster than the stock one in your G3 machine but > you'll have access to more powerful video cards and a faster system > bus. G4's also run Tiger better as the desktop will utilize Altivec. > The G4 AGP machines can also run Leopard without having to do a lot of > hacking to get it to work. > > On Dec 15, 8:14 am, Mike <mike.dogho...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > Morning, > > Anyone had any experience with these? I'm pretty tempted. Things > > holding me back are the need to give them another $13 or something to > > be able to run 10.4.11, and that I could almost bag a complete G4 > > system for the money on fleabay. > > It sure would be nice to boost one of the smurfs though -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
