[G4] Disk Size????

[Snoke Jay S NPRI]

	Mike-
		Being the proud owner of a similar Mac - originally, a beige G3 at 266 MHz upgraded similarly.  You've already done the most expensive part of the upgrade with the G4. Here are my recommendations:

		1. Upgrade the RAM to the max - 768 MB (three x 256 MB).  RAM is cheap...about $22-25/stick.
		2. The maximum hard drive size that can be "seen"  by the system is much much larger than the original 4 GB drive;  however, this Mac *must* have the OS on it in a partition no larger than 8 GB - and it must be the first partition.  20-40 GB is probably a good size.
		3.  I'd upgrade the video with a PCI video board.  Radeon 7000 is a good choice.  The on-board video is disgustingly slow.
		4.  Next, firewire and USB is another nice cheap addition as a PCI upgrade.
		5.  Lastly, upgrade the OS to 10.2.6.  It's the last upgrade you'll be able to put on that G3 (IIRC), and the fastest and most stable version.  

		hth-
		Jay

> I have an old G3 Desktop, now a G4-450. I want to give it to my mother, but
> want to add some more disk space. The original 4Gb IDE drive is a little
> cramped...
> 
> This machine is running X.1 with 256Mb RAM. 
> 
> What is the maximum (or is there?) disk that I can add to this mahcine? Are
> there any caveats I should be aware of?
> 
> TIA
> Mike
> 
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