[G4] MiniMac or G4 Upgrade

[Richard Ramsowr]

Go for it...

Rich
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--- Richard Northouse <rnorthouse at wi.rr.com> wrote:

> I have a question for all you smart people;
> 
> I have a Quicksilver (G4,  OSX.Tiger, 3 drives --
> 80g, 180g and 120g, 1gig
> ram, Superdrive, 17" apple display, 733mHz clock). I
> have been thinking
> about getting a processor upgrade to maybe 1.6-1.8
> gHz.  But today a friend
> was telling me about his mini-mac duo. It has a 80 g
> drive, 512 meg of ram,
> a Superdrive, with a 1.83 gHz clock.  The list price
> is $599 (or maybe 699 -
> I might have forgot). 
> 
> But this little baby is about the price of the
> processor upgrade - plus I
> get the ability to run Windoz. I can probably put my
> second and third drives
> on a firewire box. I can also up the memory to a gig
> or two. My Apple
> display and keyboard will plug into the new box.
> 
> I do a lot of Microsoft Office (word, excel,
> powerpoint), some Photoshop,
> and internet stuff.
> 
> So what is the best deal  -- upgrade or minimac?
> 
> I will certainly appreciate any comments you folks
> might have.
> 
> Thanks much.
> 
>
Richhttp://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4
> > 
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> Vintage
> > Mac and random stuff:
> >         
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> > 
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