[G4] G4 Digest, Vol 64, Issue 1 - "Which is faster..."

Eric Smith eric-s-smith at comcast.net
Tue Dec 1 17:51:56 PST 2009


That's amazing. Even my Sawtooth (2 year earlier model) will take 2GB.

Eric S.

Harry Freeman wrote:
> Oh so true the Qicksilver's Max RAM is 1.5 Gb which means that the last 
> slot is unusable.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Harry
> San Jose, Ca
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> On Dec 1, 2009, at 3:47 PM, Donald Drennan wrote:
> 
>>
>> Yes, of course I meant megahertz on both machines.
>>
>> Everyone else, thanks for the answers. Sounds like it isn't too 
>> different, and may be a bit faster with the system bus and extra 
>> cache. Not bad for $40.
>>
>> All of the RAM is 133 MHz. I wasn't aware that the bus was 167 MHz. I 
>> thought that the RAM had to be as fast as the bus, or it wouldn't 
>> work. I will have to try swapping some of it around. It tells me it's 
>> the last slot that's not being recognized.
>>
>> I use the Mac mainly for video editing with Final Cut Pro, which I 
>> think is supposed to take advantage of the dual processors, I'm not sure.
>>
>> Is it worth buying upgrade processors for this machine?
>>
>> Anyone know where I can get an inexpensive power supply for the old 
>> one? I read that it might be possible to use an ATX power supply with 
>> a conversion plug, but I can't seem to get in touch with the person 
>> who makes them.
>>
>> Why does Apple make it so hard to specifically identify their 
>> computers? Not even the model number on the case is correct.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Don
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