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Operating Systems => macOS => Topic started by: bling on 12 March 2003, 07:52

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Post by: bling on 12 March 2003, 07:52
How much could you upgrade this?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3406211773&category=14912 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3406211773&category=14912)
Title: AGP
Post by: rtgwbmsr on 12 March 2003, 07:59
Lots.

They guy selling it sounds like an idiot though...calling a "Graphite" (desktop) a "Titanium" (notebook)
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Post by: Pantso on 12 March 2003, 19:01
quote:
Originally posted by The Muffin Man:
Lots.

They guy selling it sounds like an idiot though...calling a "Graphite" (desktop) a "Titanium" (notebook)


LOL   :D    :D
Title: AGP
Post by: bling on 12 March 2003, 21:49
aagh I have exactly 710$... so if I buy this i'll be drained. However, I might buy it depending on the following things:

I have no idea, but:
How fast is a dual 450 mhz Mac compared to a single prosc 1600+ Athlon XP windows box (just the processor power)

If it can be upgraded to atleast dual 1ghz l3 cache in the future.

If the second is true then I'll probably get it.
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Post by: psyjax on 13 March 2003, 20:48
I have no idea, but:

"How fast is a dual 450 mhz Mac compared to a single prosc 1600+ Athlon XP windows box (just the processor power)"

very fast. Ask yourself what you plan to do with it, you want it to be a renderfarm for Maya? prolly not (and a waste of a good Mac), it will suit your needs for everything else tho. Plus you can upgrade it in the future.

"If it can be upgraded to atleast dual 1ghz l3 cache in the future. "

Likely yess, Sonnet and many other upgrade card makers now supply dual 800, 900, and 1gig modles for a variety of G4's. Look on the web for more info.
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Post by: hm_murdock on 15 March 2003, 02:48
or you could just wait a little while and get the next generation up, the first Quicksilvers.
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Post by: cocoamix on 15 March 2003, 03:15
I'd pay $500 tops.

My rule of thumb for Macs is about $1 per Mhz for G3 and G4 systems, or at least that's my observation for how much they go for on ebay.
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Post by: rtgwbmsr on 15 March 2003, 03:24
quote:
Originally posted by cocoamix:
I'd pay $500 tops.

My rule of thumb for Macs is about $1 per Mhz for G3 and G4 systems, or at least that's my observation for how much they go for on ebay.


Unless it's a laptop:
Powerbook G3's: 250 + $1/MHz
iBooks (any): 300 + $1/MHz
Ti's (15''): 800 + $1/MHz

A good system though!

[ March 14, 2003: Message edited by: The Muffin Man ]