Thanks for the reply, right now, I was able to obtain 2 512MB RAM cards and installed them on my emac, I'm not sure, but it seems it have not changed anything in terms of speed. I though this would speed up everything in terms of opening an application or even browsing online. I opened youtube and tried to see if I was able to see videos at quality 360, but no, videos can only be viewed at 280 which I find annoying because it's less audio quality and video too.
Should I use a different broswer than Safari? Or videos are just running slow because of my processor speed which is 800mhz? I know I cant connect a usb hub 2.0 on usb 1.0 to upgrade, but my question was if I can remove the current usb hub 1.0 from the emac and buy somewhere or adapt internal usb 2.0 for this emac? Also, I saw somewhere that I can even upgrade the hard disk drive for a higher drive like 80GB or 120 GB. Even do they recommend not to do it as it's quiet dangerous, but I think I could do it. Does anyone has already upgraded an emac hardrive before, that's what I'm trying to find out. I would also like to upgrade the CD-ROM for a DVD-ROM if possible. Any recommendations, will be appreciated. I'm not planning to buy another emac if what I'm looking to do is to use this one for basic usage and voice recording which I know I can do, many people on blogs and forums have done it. Thanks, again. On Jan 7, 8:48 am, Jonathan Smith <jonathan.newcas...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > Yes, officially 10.4 tiger is your limit, but it is possible to run 10.5 on > the 800mhz. I don't have one, so I can only guess that you will find it to > be sluggish. > > The additional 512mb of ram will certainly help or indeed make it possible, > if you decide to run leopard. > > Regarding usb. Usb is not upgradable itself. for example, you cannot put a > usb 2 hub into a usb 1 and expect 2. It just doesn't work like that. > > You would need a pci card with usb 2 connections, however, you cant use a > pci card on your emac. > > The best you can do, unfortunately, is buy another emac, October 2003 > onwards, with either the 1.0 or 1.25 GHz cpu. > > Mactracker will detail which models come with usb2... > > http://www.mactracker.ca/ > > As far as upgrading your processor is concerned, I don't know. I do know > that apple restricts its hardware in current imacs, so that not just any cpu > can be used. Socket comparability alone is not a guarantee with apple > hardware. > > If any were to work, it would most logically be the 1 GHz PowerPC G4 (7445) > cpu that was available at the same time as your 800MHz. > > Hope this helps -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
