[G4] keep g4 or upgrade to g5?
YOUR FRIEND, CHRIS
august.ham at verizon.net
Sun Nov 11 15:16:15 PST 2007
Greetings!
i have a 2000 g4 450dp. i'm on a tight budget {obviously!} and trying
to determine if i would be better off by upgrading it {ram, video card,
2nd hdd - and possibly processor}
OR
purchasing a dual 2.0 g5. the machine i'm looking at is number:
M9032LL/A
http://support.apple.com/specs/powermac/Power_Mac_G5.html
and has a radeon 9800 pro 128 card, 4.5gb ram, 250gb hd and a firewire
400 card; 10.3.x
can anybody PLEASE advise me:
1- is this a good unit to choose; reliable, lack of issues, bad
components etc
2- is this a wise economic decision versus uprgrading the g4; most
importantly in so far as being able to carry me into the future for a
good long while as the g4 has {8 years!} - and do these projected
longevity gains, as well as in performance increase, justify the price
difference over upgrading? as i see it, all i'll have to do is add
another hdd to it which is inexpensive.
i'm primarily using it for internet {ebay, burning cd's, music, videos}
and very light photo editing. i just bought a copy of tiger; i've read
here of some dual g5's having problems with leopard. any thoughts?
3- what is a fair price for this unit? the seller is waiting for me to
make an offer; if it is within my price range, and based on feedback
here a good unit i'll grab it!
many many thanks in advance!
chris
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