On Feb 20, 2006, at 8:58 AM, FWPHOTO wrote: > I've got an 800MHz TiG4 PB that I got 9/2002. I *love* it but it's > starting to show signs of getting older. > [snip] > I guess I'd just appreciate any opinions as to whether spending the > $s on this PB is a good idea or just throwing good $s after bad. > Also, is there anything I'm not thinking about like somewhere that > takes trade-ins or some place that does a reasonably inexpensive > overall refurbishing? > Thanks, > Frank Wiewandt F: I added an Alum 1.5 to my trusty Ti500 last summer. The Ti is now my backup and that has proven to be a very good thing as I had to send the Alum in for a new motherboard as it was only recognizing 1 stick of RAM. My plan is to wipe the Ti's drive at some point and have a dual boot 9/X system. I'd recommend you get on of the last PPC Alums. Try dealmac.com or smalldog.com for starters. Consider all advice from this list of course, and decide what best fits *you*. Duh. :) b William Scammell Creative Director bill @ wscd.biz vox: 781-956-3548 fax: 978-594-5290