My recent switch from three 500MHz/1GB iMacs running Jaguar, Panther and Tiger to a single G4 DA (quickly upgraded from 466 to 533 to 733MHz) was to be able to drive a 20-in ADC display. The DA boots Jaguar and Tiger, and not only has it taken over visually from what are now evidently so-so CRT 15-in displays, but also can it cope with 2 x 80GB and 1 x 160GB HDDs (through an Acard ATA-133).
The iMacs stay warm on their umbilical cords, since there is much life in them yet because their convective cooling was always (during 8 to 5 years of always-on use) assisted by the elevation of their rear 'feet' on 18mm-thick timber. Sadly, I could not sell all three for as much as the DA plus drives plus CPU plus display plus card has cost, but both sound- and text-editing are orders of magnitude more convenient and pleasurable, not so much for speed as for visual precision and responsiveness.
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The iMacs stay warm on their umbilical cords, since there is much life in them yet because their convective cooling was always (during 8 to 5 years of always-on use) assisted by the elevation of their rear 'feet' on 18mm-thick timber. Sadly, I could not sell all three for as much as the DA plus drives plus CPU plus display plus card has cost, but both sound- and text-editing are orders of magnitude more convenient and pleasurable, not so much for speed as for visual precision and responsiveness.
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