On 2007.02.05, at 00:48, James W. Dawson wrote: > Greetings: The one processor that has gone unmentioned here is the > one in my Cube. > Several years(!) ago now I installed the Sonnet Dual 500 Mhz > PowerPC 7400 G4, p/n SG4D-500. > AltiVec "Velocity Engine" Processors; 64K- Level 1 Cache; 1MB- > Level 2 Cache. > > All I can say is it has been flawless, and a joy to use. I also > updated the HD to a Seagate 80GB Ultra ATA; > I'm using the large heat-sink GeForce2 MX; max Ram at 1.5GB; the > OEM Matshita cd-rom/dvd-rom; > and of course the very quite Panasonic Panaflo base fan for insurance. > > When Apple first released the Mini I bought one, but quickly > realized it could not match > the 'slower' dual processor Cube in responsiveness. So I sold the > Mini and kept the Cube. > > Only now, since I've inherited a Dual 1.25 FW800 am I thinking > about selling my great D500 Cube. Well, if anyone on this list decides to sell just the CPU upgrade card, let me know. I really nave no need to spend $350 for the cards that are currently on the market.