Hi,
With the advent of Snow Leopard, G4 towers sure are getting cheap these days ... picked up this beauty for AUD $99! It came in pristine condition (bar many stickers on the sides) and is the last MDD made (the one with FW400 ports, OS 9 compatible, 2003 model).
Specs:
- G4 1.25 single, 167Mhz bus
- 1.25GB RAM
- 80GB HD
- Combo drive
- Radeon 9000 Pro
What I'm going to do:
- Overclock to ~ 1.5Ghz, seek out cheap dualie 1.25
- Up to full 2Gb RAM
- Have a spare 250GB IDE HD
- Superdrive
- Video card upgrade: I believe MDDs have issues with some PC flashed cards due to a differing ADC implementation, but I'll look into it. Have two potential upgrades: Radeon 9800XT or Geforce 6800GT (probably an overkill, better off in my PC!).
- PCI USB 2.0 card, PCI wireless card
Sweet!
JB
With the advent of Snow Leopard, G4 towers sure are getting cheap these days ... picked up this beauty for AUD $99! It came in pristine condition (bar many stickers on the sides) and is the last MDD made (the one with FW400 ports, OS 9 compatible, 2003 model).
Specs:
- G4 1.25 single, 167Mhz bus
- 1.25GB RAM
- 80GB HD
- Combo drive
- Radeon 9000 Pro
What I'm going to do:
- Overclock to ~ 1.5Ghz, seek out cheap dualie 1.25
- Up to full 2Gb RAM
- Have a spare 250GB IDE HD
- Superdrive
- Video card upgrade: I believe MDDs have issues with some PC flashed cards due to a differing ADC implementation, but I'll look into it. Have two potential upgrades: Radeon 9800XT or Geforce 6800GT (probably an overkill, better off in my PC!).
- PCI USB 2.0 card, PCI wireless card
Sweet!
JB