[G4] Upgrade of old G4/400Mhz/OS X-Jaguar?

[Daniel Tellier]

If you want to find a faster G4, try the Craigslist for your area and 
as far away as you're willing to drive to investigate.  I got a Dual 
processor 1000Mhz  G4 with a 17" Apple Studio LCD, maxed out RAM and 
320Gb of hard drives for less than $800.  I had to drive over an hour 
to see and purchase it, but it was in an area I make the occasional 
trip to anyway.  I went prepared to buy in case it was what I was 
looking for and I'm glad I did.

If you do decide to sell the Gigabit ethernet, give me a shout.  I need 
another machine for my kids.

Dan


On Sunday, September 2, 2007, at 01:57  PM, O'Brien wrote:

> On Sun, 02 Sep 2007 12:12:43 -0400, Fast Primes wrote:
>> I'm a Windows XP user that just got an old Mac with the following 
>> specs:
>>
>>     -     400Mhz processor
>>     -     running OS X 10.2/Jaguar?
>>     -     384 meg ram--expandable to 1.5 gig via 4 slots of PC100 
>> SDRAM mem.
>>     -     10 gig drive--7 gig free
>>
>> The machine seems to work fairly well--however it's frozen up on
>> occasion, sometimes with the revolving "beach ball". Is this
>> because of memory constraints or should I upgrade the OS to 10.3 or
>> 10.4?
>>
>> Can the processor be upgraded to a faster one via some third party
>> solution? Are new Intel CPU boards available?
>
> You can upgrade the processor, but it might make more sense and be 
> cheaper to just buy a different used Mac. You could get an 800 or 
> higher for probably what an upgrade would cost -- and it will likely 
> already have more RAM and a bigger HD, and it's much better (I think) 
> to have an original processor machine than an upgraded one. I recently 
> bought an 867mHz Quicksilver with 1Gig of RAM and a 120 HD for $300, 
> including the OSX.4.x DVD. This was a real bargain, but you can find 
> some good buys out there. Plus, you can sell the 400 for $50-$100 or 
> so. That's what I'd do.
>
> I doubt that a new OS will help the freeze. Maybe, you could try doing 
> a clean install of the OSX.2.x, or find a good deal on OSX.3.x 
> (Panther) which will let you use a newer browser and maybe other 
> things. You don't mention what apps you are using on this Mac. The RAM 
> could be a problem, and the HD which is tiny. You might add another 
> 256M of RAM or more and say an 80-120 HD. I wouldn't add too much RAM 
> to this old Mac unless I could transfer it to another Mac later. 
> Again, look around and you'll find a newer, faster used Mac with more 
> RAM and HD for probably less than upgrading this Mac would cost.
>
> Or, you could just play with this Mac as-is for awhile, and when you 
> discover how great Mac is buy a Mac Mini or some other newer/new Mac 
> -- depending on how upgradable you like.
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> O'Brien
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