[G4] Panther on a Yikes & more questions

[Roger Harris]

Greg, it is easy to put a gig of RAM in your Yikes; Panther will purrr 
on 512 mb and over, running the apps you speak of. It is TOO easy to add 
an internal drive on the Yikes; and much cheaper than an external HD. 
Get a 7200 rpm drive. A 40 to 80 gig is plenty for what you do, and when 
you get the G5 you will use the Yikes less. Keeping your cost down is 
good as you save for the G5.

As routers go; Cheap is great (10/100). Most routers work on Macs even 
when they don't say so. Unless you are putting your macs in different 
rooms go with ethernet and CAT5 wire.

Manzie Greg wrote


> Panther improved the graphics too.
> 
> I run Photoshop and InDesign but occasionally run out of memory and 
> scratch disk space.
> I need more ram a router and a bigger hard drive. I would also like an 
> external CD & DVD set up.
> I will keep saving my pennies.
> 
> I hope to buy a G5 and keep the G4 as a second unit.
> Most of my work is office work and photographic restoration for museums 
> etc.
> Someone else does the heavy Photoshop work for me on a later model G4.
> 
> If anyone would like to comment on efficiently maxing out this machine, 
> I also would appreciate the help.
> ie can I use 512 Mb PC133 RAM (some sites say yes Apple say 256 Mb max)?
> Is 1 Gb still the machine maximum RAM with Panther?
> 
> What are the pros and cons of external versus internal hard drives?
> 
> I read the List every day and have learned heaps from it. Thank you 
> everyone.
> 
> Happy New Year
> 
> Regards Greg

> 
> Greg Manzie