On 4/24/05 4:18 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The truth is, these older machines are seriously long in the tooth in > their original forms, so I'm guessing that most in here have > extensively upgraded their pre-G3 powermacs. What I'd like to know is > how extensively people have upgraded their powermacs over the years, > and to hear what they've done. I ask, because I have the urge lately > to upgrade the one limiting factor on omy 7500- the motherboard. I'm > especialy curious to hear about anyone that has upgraded their > powermacs with newer motherboards and what options I might have with > new motherboards. > Brian I have a 9500 with an XLR8 G4/300 ZIF + carrier card (oc'ed to 366) @ 49Mhz bus speed. It has 512MB EDO RAM, a Sonnet ATA-66 PCI card with a 40GB 7200rpm IDE drive, a Matshita DVD-ROM drive, and a Rage 128 graphics card (pulled from a B&W). It also has a USB1.1 card, and a firewire card. It's currently running 9.1 and Panther (10.3.9). I use it in my classroom for my students to run educational programs. It seems to be the only machine aside from my good old IIsi that's actually reliable (I currently have 2 PC's running XP on the school board network that constantly have problems). For the money I've spent on this machine, I might as well have saved up and just bought a mini mac (but then again I would have been stuck with Classic and not true OS 9). Oh well one can never predict what Jobs has lurking around the corner or over the hill. Save your money and just get a used G4 or wait for the G5's to drop in price. -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
