Hello! ---------- Original message ---------- Subject: Are powermac g4 still useful? Date: Monday, 02. January 2012 From: gira93 <diskce...@gmail.com> To: "G-Group" <g3-5-list@googlegroups.com> > Hello everyone! > > Hi would like to know if someone here still uses his Powermac g4,
Yes! > I have a g4 quicksilver (733mhz, 630mb ram) that i still use (and > love) today for web browsing, web administration and youtube, it works > very well with 10.4.11. I have/had the exact one too. But I upgraded the processor. The 733 MHz model lacks level 2 cache, which makes it really slow compared to the 733 MHz version of the G4 Digital Audio. I’d recommend getting a used processor module (+ heatsink) of the Dual-800 MHz or even the Dual-1 GHz version. Alternatively a third party upgrade will help a lot. Even on 10.4 the QS-733 felt significantly slower than the MDD-Dual-1-GHz. > I'm writing this because a friend said i was "crazy" just beacuse i > use such an old mac for the "everyday use". I’m a crazy person when it comes to answering your question: am I still using an old G4? Well, I've got a lot of G4s, two G5s and one G3. And what do I use mostly? The G3! I got the slowest and oldest of them all running Tiger, Microsoft Office (which just rocks compared to LibreOffice; I don’t know much about iWork) and TenFourFox for the internet. I don’t actually use YouTube on it thou. Wouldn’t work anyway. I also occasionally use a G4 Cube which I plan to upgrade: a GeForce 6200 graphics card maybe, but I’d loose compatibility for the older Mac OSes. I’ll definitely upgrade the single 450 MHz processor in favour of a Dual-500 MHz module that I already have tested in one of my G4 towers. What else… I now used one of the G5s a lot. I found that YouTube works great using TenFourFox and WebM/html5. It’s got some issues with the fans thou. Crazy? Just a matter of perspective. If you can still do with it what you want to do with it, why on earth should that be crazy? I ran Linux on my G4 MDD Dual-1 GHz at first. It was great, but I eventually went for a newer G5 to replace it, which ended in a desaster—just two words: hardware support. > So does anyone here is still using his old trusty G4? I think the replies to your post answer it well. There are still people out there that keep their Power Macs running. I don’t want to fall into a negative mood here, but still I find it importaint to point out an observation of mine that made me think that, sadly, these times are going to end soon: look at the download figures of TenFourFox. This will give you a good idea of how many of “us” are still out there… http://code.google.com/p/tenfourfox/downloads/list – “Downloadcount” > PS: Sorry for my bad english, i'm italian. I’m not in the possition to tell you any different than that your English is great. I’m from Austria. Cheers, Andreas aka Mac User #330250 -- 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
