Computer purchase dilemma
Right now I have a G4/400 with a 64 Meg radeon 8500, 704 MB RAM and a 20 gig hard drive. It is an admirable machine. However, it is getting long in the tooth and a new machine would be welcomed.
I recently got a nice LCD screen so my eyes dont rot out, so an iMac is not really an option.
So what do I do?
? Email/web
? Some light design work
? Some programming
? Some light gaming (Wolf ET + Warcraft mostly)
I can either get a $599 mac mini or a $1999 entry level G5. I know not what to do. It just feels wrong going from 64 MB vram to 32 and dropping down on ram, but the G5 feels much like an overkill.
What to get? What to get?
I recently got a nice LCD screen so my eyes dont rot out, so an iMac is not really an option.
So what do I do?
? Email/web
? Some light design work
? Some programming
? Some light gaming (Wolf ET + Warcraft mostly)
I can either get a $599 mac mini or a $1999 entry level G5. I know not what to do. It just feels wrong going from 64 MB vram to 32 and dropping down on ram, but the G5 feels much like an overkill.
What to get? What to get?
Comments
Originally posted by MajorMatt
Right now I have a G4/400 with a 64 Meg radeon 8500, 704 MB RAM and a 20 gig hard drive. It is an admirable machine. However, it is getting long in the tooth and a new machine would be welcomed.
I recently got a nice LCD screen so my eyes dont rot out, so an iMac is not really an option.
So what do I do?
? Email/web
? Some light design work
? Some programming
? Some light gaming (Wolf ET + Warcraft mostly)
I can either get a $599 mac mini or a $1999 entry level G5. I know not what to do. It just feels wrong going from 64 MB vram to 32 and dropping down on ram, but the G5 feels much like an overkill.
What to get? What to get?
wait a lil longer for the mac mini rev B...im sure it will suit ur needs better than the current mac mini or powermac...perhaps a 12" inch powerbook???
Nick
If you go to Otherworld Computing you will see various processor upgrades for your machine. I would personally do the OWC Mercury Supreme 1.4 which is a 1.3 processor just slighly overclocked to 1.4 mhz. It features 2 megs of level 3 cache and costs $340. You would be faster than the Mac Mini, still keep your VRAM and spend less as well.
That's called a triple win.
Nick
I'm with Nick. Spend $200 on an upgrade and get 4 more years out of it.
plus yours is a cool powermac G4, they don't make them like the used too, well, aesthetically anyway
definitely a dual-g4-processor upgrade is more worthwhile than a Mac mini for ya...
maybe new 5400 or 7200 rpm hard disk too?
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otherwise, if you want to 'start over fresh' ebay your powermac g4 and lcd screen and get iMac g5
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i think upgrading your powermac G4 within the $600-$800 range will make it killer
Originally posted by Relic
I always thought updating a Macs processor was like trying to keep a Yugo running. Sure a spring from a Bick pen could be used as an accelerator cable but I wouldn?t want to use it on the freeway. Shoot old-Yeller in the head and move on, the 1.8 PowerMac is a good machine, the dual is going for 1800 in the refurb shop. Stay away from the Mini unless you already have Tourettes.
dude what drugs are you on today? can i have some?
oh that reminds me time for my evening Xanax... mmmm...
Originally posted by sunilraman
dude what drugs are you on today? can i have some?
oh that reminds me time for my evening Xanax... mmmm...
Just a little skiing.