[G4] Sawtooth, 9-X heap big trouble, part 2

[Robert Hazelrigg]

I recently upgraded my Sawtooth 400 APG. I added a Gig of Ram ($160) 
(total RAM now 1.2), put in a Superdrive ($140), and upgraded the 
processor with a sonnet 1.2 Ghz G4 ($260).  Total upgrade cost me about 
$575.

I opted for an upgrade for a number of reasons. The first reason was 
money. By upgrading in stages I could enhance my performance a bit at a 
time without wiping out my wallet. Second: I already have 2 monitors 
and 2 - 120 Gig hard drives installed. SO for me it was silly to get a 
Mac Mini. The Mini just doesn't have what I need for my work. I need to 
run 2 monitors and I always run an extra hard drive for backup 
protection. For me to buy the Mini with the extra RAM and external hard 
drive. wasn't worth it. It just would have cost me about a couple of 
hundred more for a small increase in performance.

All-in-all I'm very happy with my decision. I used Xbench to benchmark 
the performance of the APG upgrades verse my new iBook 1.25 Ghz with 
768MB of RAM, and I'm happy to say the score of the Upgraded APG won 
hands down.