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Re:Upgrading a PM G4 for OS X - 2006/07/28 10:11 128 MB of RAM is not adequate. I'd buy enough RAM to get the machine up to at least 1 GB, if not more. If you chekc here you'll see that you can get 512 MB sticks for around 50 or 70 bucks apiece. So for say 180 bucks you can upgrade the RAM. That still leaves you with a 400 MHz processor, though. You can upgrade the process, for example here for something like 200 bucks. I guess I'd also upgrade the HD (if nothing else because it's now about 7 years old, and bound to fail, I'm sorry to say). You can get yourself a new HD fairly cheaply, say for 40 or 50 bucks, depending on the size. Your video card is adequate, but you won't be able to see some of the things 10.4 can do with anything under 64 MB of video RAM. Still, for about 400 or 450 bucks you can do an upgrade that will make OS X a pleasure to use.

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Upgrading a PM G4 for OS X

psychopengy

2006/07/27 23:18

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2006/07/28 10:11

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2006/07/31 00:27

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2006/08/14 07:04

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2006/08/14 09:51

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