[G4] G4 400Mhz Photoshop / OSX.4 upgrade question!

[James Pacyga]

Check out http://www.xlr8yourmac.com and look at the drive 
compatibility reports area.

I have a G4/500 AGP and a DVR-109 and it works just fine - i have not 
tried the 80pin IDE cable to get 16x dvd writes, but I did burn a full 
data DVD with it in about 4-5 mins - good enough for me.

As for TIGER, there have been loads of TIGER discussions and you can 
look at any of the mac sites (macfixit or xlr8) to see what is the 
latest set of issues for TIGER. I have had PANTHER on my machine for a 
year and it works fine...10.3.5 or 10.3.8 or 10.3.9 seem most stable 
for me.

I don't know why you asked about the PS.  However, I have 3 drives, 
three AGP/PCI (8500 & SONNET SATA, SONNET 11g), and mine runs great.  
No problems.


On Jun 16, 2005, at 6:47 AM, Thomas J. Fobia wrote:

> Hello all!
>
>     I have a G4 400Mhz (AGP I believe) with a Radeon ATI 8500 Graphics 
> card. Currently Im running with OSX.2.8 and will upgrade next week to 
> the Tiger system. My problem is that my Photoshop upgrade (CS2) just 
> arrived and I am anxious to give it a try .
>
> Question #1: Is there any problem in doing an installation now on X2.8 
> or would it behoove me to wait till I upgrade to the Tiger Operating 
> System?
>     I realize that my processor is just too slow for a DVD upgrade (to 
> a pioneer 109 model) and I am considering MacFranking via a Sonnet or 
> OWC Mercury 1.4Mhz to get the necessary functionality
>
> Question #2: How much speed (minimum) is needed to operate the pioneer 
> 109? I only want enough speed for  good DVD burning (Im not in a hurry 
> to spit out dozens at a session).
>
>   Question #3: Im not sure what kind of power supply is in this G4. 
> Does anyone have an opinion as to whether or not a higher wattage is 
> needed (or even available for that matter)?
>
> Thanks in advance for your feedback on this.
>
>
> Tom
>
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