[G4] Need advice for a fixer-upper

[wilkinw]

Just my personal opinion, I know you got it for free but you could  
probably pick up a G5 or even a dual mirror G4 for about the same  
money that you will be putting into the G4, Wayne.

On Jan 6, 2008, at 11:04 AM, Kevin Walsh wrote:

> Howdy folks,
>
> This past summer, I acquired a G4 tower from a windows
> junkie.  He gave it to me free of cost, he just wasn't
> fond of it.  I appreciate that someone of his
> persuasion was so enlightened to give Mac a shot but
> can see why he was so turned off.  The ATA drive is
> only 10 GB and there was only 512 MB of ram.  I've
> been stepping up the memory, currently at 896 MB, and
> have been supplementing the lack of hard drive space
> with an external firewire drive.  I'm about to tack
> the major necessary steps to enhance the computer's
> performance and would like some feedback for any of
> you experts.  Below are the upgrades I'm looking into
> and i would like to know "could I", "should I", and if
> so "how do I" on each issue.  First the specs: Power
> Mac G4, AGP Graphics (Sawtooth, I think) / 1 CPU,
> type: 2.9, 400 MHz / firmware 4.2.8f1 / AGP: Rage
> 128Pro / OS X 10.3.9
>
> New internal ATA drive - I think something around 40
> gigs is adequate for me.  I'm considering keeping the
> 10 GB drive in there (why not) but loading the OS on
> the new larger drive.
>
> Second Processor - is it possible to add another
> rather than replacing it, what could work?
>
> New video card - or is the one in there fine?
>
> OS upgrade - with the proper upgrades, could 10.4 or
> even 10.5 be installed?
>
> I appreciate any wisdom y'all might provide.  I'm new
> to the list and have already benefited from the
> archived discussions.
>
> peace, Kevin
>
>
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