[G4] Computer recommendation

[Richard Ramsowr]

I never made it to a MDD - after buying a first
generation "QuickSilver" I fell in love with it and
never gave the MDD a second look! Besides the QS is
alot better looking - and as of today I still have a
good upgrade path to follow. Just added a dual 1.8 GB
upgrade card and looking to upgrade the HD's next. 

Isn't that just what a Apple/Mac is all about good
value over the long run!

Ric

--- SLarsonIH at aol.com wrote:

> As an owner of both a QS (QuickSilver) single 733,
> and a MDD (Mirror Drive 
> Door) dual 867, I can tell you that the MDD's are
> more expensive (bought both on 
> eBay) and noisier. I bought the MDD with the plan to
> have the fastest, 
> latest, best looking Mac that could boot natively
> into OS9 as well as OSX.
> 
> Turns out that GigaDesigns was the only maker of an
> upgrade CPU unit at the 
> time, (dual 1.8Ghz) They were having problems
> because of Apple motherboard 
> differences. When I called a few months ago they
> told me that they should have 
> that upgrade available this summer. Then I asked
> them which Mac he would buy if 
> he was in my situation and he said to get a first
> gen QS. It's quiet with good 
> fan air flow. It will take a 1.8Ghz dual upgrade
> from 3 or 4 manufacturers, as 
> will almost all the other G4 Macs. QS can have up to
> 1.5Gigs of ram while the 
> MDD can have 2Gigs. The 2nd gen MDD has FW800 but
> will not boot into OS9.
> 
> One advantage to the 2nd gen QS is that it has Big
> Drive support. (will use 
> drives over 128GB) Of course, if you're going for
> speed you'll want to add a 
> PCI card for SATA drives and a FW800/USB2.0 card as
> well.
> 
> HTH
> STeve
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