On Dec 23, 2006, at 5:21 AM, Eric Hall wrote: > I remember when the G4 Power Mac first came out. A fat config was > around $3,000! Even though I was a PC/Unix guy, I lusted after it > bigtime! > > I just bought one for $150. > > This will be my first real Mac. Looking forward to adding a bit of ram > (it comes with 256) and playing around with it. It might even be > useful! > > Eric * Eric: Welcome to the Mac bunch! I would add 512k or 1GB RAM if I were you. RAM for your G4/400 Sawtooth is not very expensive. I would buy it from Crucial. (I once had a RAM problem and the Apple Genius guys said -- buy new RAM from Crucial. They are the retail part of Micron Technology, where Apple gets a lot of their RAM.) Take a look at: http://www.crucial.com/store/listmfgr.asp?cat=RAM Have fun! earle *