From: "JW Holmes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 16:20:26 -0500
I am at a decision point with my computer and I was wondering if anyone
might provided me with some information to help in my decision. I
currently have a PM 9600 upgraded with a Sonnet G3/500. I have 740 MB Ram
2 SCSI drives (9 GB each) on ATTO card, and a ATI Rage 128 Video Card. I
run Jaguar (10.2.8), and I am considering moving upgrading to a Sonnet
G4/700 and upgrading to Panther.
My dilemma is this: would I be better off just buying a used PowerMac G4/
500 for ~$450, or go ahead and get the Sonnet G4/700 for ~ $225 and
install it.
Right now 10.2.8 is very stable and I have not had any problems with the
machine. I would like a bit more speed but I don't play games so I don't
need blazing speed. I don't want to spend more than ~ 450 because I have
to buy Panther.
Any opinions would be appreciated.
JW
Well I'm going to go against the flow here and recommend upgrading the 9600.
At least one of the posters doesn't realize you don't get an AGP Video slot in the early G4 machines. They are really the same as the G3 B&W machines except a different color and a G4 CPU.Which means they use PCi for Video same as the G3 B&W.
Now if we're talking AGP G4 that is another story but I've not seen them selling for less the $650 yet and most are more then that.
A faster G4 and a Radeon 7000 PCI card( The PC version can be had for $39.00 and flashed to Mac though some of these can no longer be flashed to Mac) and you will have a nice machine still. Do you need a G4 CPU? photoshop and Video encoding will be much faster with the G4 but do you use these much? Will S
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