I have to HD in my G4. one has the original OS9.2 and the other has OS 10.4 I have a budget of ~$400....I figure if i am going to spend it why not on something higher than dual 500MHz..... --- John Niven <senseamp at yahoo.com> wrote: > Well I should make it clear that OS 9 does NOT use > both cpu. When first introduced the duals were only > an > advantage when you used dual cpu aware applications. > Photoshop and Protools etc. There used to be a lot > of > discussion about dual v's a faster single. That will > still be the case. > > However OSX does use both processors and so two will > always be a benefit. You can turn on activity > monitor > and see the load on both cpu's as they share the > tasks. > > A dual 500 just sold on eBay for around $36! > > > --- c m <dachamp_11226 at yahoo.com> wrote: > > > thanks for all the help. I restarted my mac in OS > > 9.2 > > and checked there. my G4 is UNI-N 7 so its dual > > processor upgrade for me!! > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > G4 mailing list > G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com