[G4] MiniMac or G4 Upgrade

[Richard Northouse]

I have a question for all you smart people;

I have a Quicksilver (G4,  OSX.Tiger, 3 drives -- 80g, 180g and 120g, 1gig
ram, Superdrive, 17" apple display, 733mHz clock). I have been thinking
about getting a processor upgrade to maybe 1.6-1.8 gHz.  But today a friend
was telling me about his mini-mac duo. It has a 80 g drive, 512 meg of ram,
a Superdrive, with a 1.83 gHz clock.  The list price is $599 (or maybe 699 -
I might have forgot). 

But this little baby is about the price of the processor upgrade - plus I
get the ability to run Windoz. I can probably put my second and third drives
on a firewire box. I can also up the memory to a gig or two. My Apple
display and keyboard will plug into the new box.

I do a lot of Microsoft Office (word, excel, powerpoint), some Photoshop,
and internet stuff.

So what is the best deal  -- upgrade or minimac?

I will certainly appreciate any comments you folks might have.

Thanks much.

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