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I have been using a PowerMac G4 (Digital Audio, 667 Mhz, 1Gb RAM, OS X 10.2.8) everyday since '01 when I got it. It has worked flawlessly for me for all this time. I suppose I should go buy a new comp at this point, but I can't stand to put this loyal companion out to pasture. I am thinking of getting a processor upgrade and second internal hard drive and upgrading to Leopard. In this way I hope to get another 5+ years out of this beautiful machine. I'm just looking for some thoughts/advice/critique of this plan.
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I agree with STRUNG .. do not waste time and money trying to upgrade your loyal Mac companion .. you won't get an Intel processor for it and the and the motherboard is incapable of supporting such an upgrade.
Instead spend the same amount on a mac Mini or iMac and get the latest and the best and GUARANTEE yourself 5 years of happiness.
If you don't want to completely retire the G4 then consider using it as a file server, mail server, web server ... depends on what you want .. or donate it to a charity .. they would be delighted.
Instead spend the same amount on a mac Mini or iMac and get the latest and the best and GUARANTEE yourself 5 years of happiness.
If you don't want to completely retire the G4 then consider using it as a file server, mail server, web server ... depends on what you want .. or donate it to a charity .. they would be delighted.
If i were you, i would have bought a new PC insteed of upgrading. And i know i would still be touching the older one.
<< think of networking all of your goodies together into a family.>>.
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I happen to like Leopard.
Try different philosophy. Make of yourself a new model of portable and mainframe.
Mac now offers too much air at infinity.
The laptop can be smaller with more ram, the disk can be anywhere, even on a windows box.
Once you have that form of model, then figure out where best to place your old machine, it may serve well on a home network for interim storage, for example, but no need to make it some little print server.
Philosophically, also consider family values. Possibly someone near and dear to you who has less, can appreciate that which you already love and also hold dear to you