[CUBE] Cube upgrades vs. new Powermac

[Robert Everts]

Yeah. I bet if I maxed out the RAM (I know, I know... I should have already done that.) and put a 120GB hard drive in there, I'd have a new machine. Plus those new powerbooks are looking nice. Maybe I need a portable? My cube impressed me last night actually. I used DVD2One to compress a DVD for backup and it did it in 2 hours. From what I hear that's not too shabby.

Thanks for the continued advice. Keep it coming. I love to make informed decisions!  
On Tuesday, April 20, 2004, at 10:48AM, Rod Clifford <rod at eslickdesign.com> wrote:

>If you are used to the silence of the cube, it is advisable to listen 
>to the G4 unit 1st. They have been
>dubbed "wind tunnel" for a good reason. Co-worker uses DP 800something 
>Mhz in an office and I can
>hear it out in the "common" area. Fan speed also varies w/CPU usage (it 
>DOES get louder).
>Can't speak for the G5, but I understand fans are software controlled 
>for silence. Ditto for the 1Ghz iMac.
>True, the cube is aging but, as Riba mentioned, 450 Mhz and the 
>psychological (for me) speed gain of adding
>a 7200RPM hard drive is fine for me   Rod
>
>On Apr 20, 2004, at 2:43 AM, Riba wrote:
>
>> Anyway, if you absolutely need expandability to do some real work, I'd 
>> get that G4 tower (I think they are cheapish now), but I would 
>> definitely keep the Cube, but that's just me.
>>
>>> Any thoughts would be appreciated. I'm always willing to look at the 
>>> cheaper route and/or the most bang for my buck.
>>
>> It sure is weird to hear this from a Cube owner ;)
>
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