Re: [PCI] CPU Upgrade for 7600

[Mike T.]

I'd keep the highest mhz non-PPC around just to translate the disks from 
800k to 1.44mb floppy's. Keep the Yikes g4 -- that can be upgraded much 
easier and last a hell of a lot longer than the others, especially if 
you want Mac OS X at some point and dual boot to OS 9. I'd never give 
that up. I have a 7300 g3 300mhz and used to keep an old SE around for 
that very reason. The 7300 I picked up for a steal a while back and just 
had the extra cash to upgrade it a little. But don't give up the G4 -- 
that will be the bread and butter computer here in the future, 
especially as older hardware and PCI/AGP cards start falling in price. 
At the very least you could just upgrade the Yikes to 9.2.2 to make use 
of iTunes, cd burning software, etc., which you can't do with the 7600, 
not without hacks and headaches. The amount of money spent upgrading 
will go further and be more meaningful with the G4. Of course, it is 
always cool to have an older Mac as a "project" computer, but that 
depends on how much disposable income you have. If the answer is "not a 
lot", I'd hold on to the Yikes for dear life and lose a few of the others.

......................................Mike T. 


Sherman Chen wrote:
I have a Yikes! G4 at home, the reason why I am thinking about
upgrading and keeping my 7600 is because it has a floppy drive that
can read both the 800 and 1.44 disk as I have a Plus at home.
Actually, I have a Plus, a IIci, a Performa 4 something and a Performa
6 something (the non powerpc version), a 8100, a 7600, a Yikes G4 and
a Powerbook.  I am in the process of doing some consolidation so I can
get rid of some of the Macs.
Ideally, I like to have a Plus or SE, my PowerBook G4 (12"), a 68040
machine, a OS9 machine and an OSX machine so I can go back and play
with those games I have collected through the years. :)
I have a Plus - wouldn't mind getting an SE - nice to have a build-in
HD.  I don't have a 68040 machine, but I think my IIci will do for
now.  I'll probably "get rid" of my 8100 - not sure about that. And I
pretty much definitely will "get rid" of the two Performas.  So, in my
somewhat twisted logic, I figure maybe I can upgrade my 7600 to a
point where I can play all the games that's out for OS9 (non OSX) and
use my Yikes! as a server or something like that.
Sherman
On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 15:16:27 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 

I SAID:
   

Whatever you get, make sure it has the 1mb backside cache.
     

...UNLESS you get a great deal on a 512k cache-type processor, that is.
Craig W.
Atlanta GA
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