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Mac 9500 CPU upgradability to G4
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lastmile77
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Its fun to upgrade the old Macs but your 9500 isn't going to be as quick as a Quicksilver no matter what you do to it. If you watch ebay you should be able to find a pretty high end Quicksilver for $150 or less including shipping; a local one could be even cheaper. The Quicksilver's got a G4 processor, faster RAM (though I think in the case of the 9500 surprisingly they both can take the same max amount of RAM), AGP graphics, gigabit ethernet, USB, firewire, Airport (possibly), and ATA drives (not always a plus over the 9500's SCSI but cheaper in most cases). But it does have fewer PCI slots, no ADB, no SCSI or serial ports without a PCI card, and while G4s are cheap now your 9500 will run OS X and if you don't feel the need to upgrade it further, additional cost to you is nothing.
I had a mini "conquest" last night and picked up a few Macs. While I was more interested in the clone and 8500 with G3 upgrades in them that I got for $10 each, I paid the same amount for two 400 MHz G4 AGP Graphics. But, that doesn't mean I was not thinking about all the upgrades I could do to the 8500 on the drive home.
And strange how I consider 4 computers a small haul.
I had a mini "conquest" last night and picked up a few Macs. While I was more interested in the clone and 8500 with G3 upgrades in them that I got for $10 each, I paid the same amount for two 400 MHz G4 AGP Graphics. But, that doesn't mean I was not thinking about all the upgrades I could do to the 8500 on the drive home.
And strange how I consider 4 computers a small haul.
beachycove
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1. You would have to be mad to do it these days unless someone basically gave you the upgrade, or you were able to buy it for next to nothing.
2. Yes, in general, you can gain a little in MacOS9 with some applications, and a good deal from the G3 -> G4 move in X. But —
3. No, it won't run like a Quicksilver. Ever. Putting a 12-cylinder Jaguar engine into a 1974 Pinto does not give you a roadster. All it gives you is a car that can't keep up with its engine....
In short, it is not worth spending money on. You can buy a nice dual G5 2.3GHz (the best of them all) for maybe $450, and it is even questionable (given the cost of a Mac Mini or an iMac) whether that would be money well spent.
In my view, a realistic plan for speeding up your PTPro would be to put 8.1 on it and run period applications.
2. Yes, in general, you can gain a little in MacOS9 with some applications, and a good deal from the G3 -> G4 move in X. But —
3. No, it won't run like a Quicksilver. Ever. Putting a 12-cylinder Jaguar engine into a 1974 Pinto does not give you a roadster. All it gives you is a car that can't keep up with its engine....
In short, it is not worth spending money on. You can buy a nice dual G5 2.3GHz (the best of them all) for maybe $450, and it is even questionable (given the cost of a Mac Mini or an iMac) whether that would be money well spent.
In my view, a realistic plan for speeding up your PTPro would be to put 8.1 on it and run period applications.
Thanks.
The reason I wanted the USB/Firewire combo in a first place is to sell them off quick so that whoever bought it won't complain about not being able to tranfer files to an ubs drive.
Also what I like about the Power Tower Pro is that its board is ATA format so that I can fit them on an ATA rackmount case.
It's for the pro audio application and I want to make it rackmountable and sell it of fast without making the buyer feeling bitter afterward. Hence, getting another Mac is not in my mind yet. But the low price makes me tempting though. Unfortunately that's too much work for me unless someone give away a QuickSilver for free.
The reason I wanted the USB/Firewire combo in a first place is to sell them off quick so that whoever bought it won't complain about not being able to tranfer files to an ubs drive.
Also what I like about the Power Tower Pro is that its board is ATA format so that I can fit them on an ATA rackmount case.
It's for the pro audio application and I want to make it rackmountable and sell it of fast without making the buyer feeling bitter afterward. Hence, getting another Mac is not in my mind yet. But the low price makes me tempting though. Unfortunately that's too much work for me unless someone give away a QuickSilver for free.
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