Mac PPC users?

BradC

What's the slowest machine you routinely use?

To go first, a G4 400 "Sawtooth" with 128M ram.

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Forrest

I own a couple of Macs (and a few PC's), but my primary machine is a 533 Mhz PowerMac G4 (Digital Audio) I purchased new in 2001. Of course it's got a few upgrades - 1.33 GHz G4 CPU, 896 MB RAM, 80+120+340 GB hard drives, 32X Combo drive, Radeon 8500 driving a 19 inch LCD running OSX 10.4.11. Except for full screen Flash/H.264/MPEG2 video - it runs everything very well.

Jay Kickliter

I just gave away an early aughts eMac; the big white one that looks like a nose cone. I wish I hadn't, it had a 1 GHzish PPC and was still quite usable. You can pick em up on eBay for around $100. I think I'll get another one.

Peter KG6LSE

I LOVE PPC macs
i still use OS9 for my Ibook G3 Clamshell /.. IMHO osX is too muthc for a G3 .
I still use My G3 . the thing is Tough !! but the batt is far beond dead ..

My Main PPC mac is My PBG4 17' 1.33 with 1GB ram . on 10.4.11.. I use it for Classic stuff ect..

I also have a 500MHz flower power Imac G3 for its case [noparse]:)[/noparse] its Slow on X but I only use it for a termanl .



Untill I got a "Fully Pimped " Mac Mini with dule 20" LCDs last year
I used a older Power mac G4 DP 800 with 1.5G ram and 2 120 HDs for over 7 years...

My Best mac I ever made wsa a DP 1.8GHz (7447) wirtha 4 slot PCI 1 AGP G4 In a large PC case that looked like a G5 with 2 Super drives 4 HDs Ina raid 1+0 on the Only HW based OS9 compatable raid card ever made [noparse]:)[/noparse] It had FW SCSI RS232 ADB IRDA and 3 AV RCA plug ins and outs .. it was a amazing computer and it was a speed demon on for its time ...








Peter KG6LSE

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Post Edited (Peter KG6LSE) : 5/22/2010 2:01:19 AM GMT

BradC

Peter KG6LSE said...

Untill I got a "Fully Pimped " Mac Mini with dule 20" LCDs last year

How have you hooked dual monitors to the Mini? I've got a 1.8Ghz Core Duo that I've just ordered a 2.33Ghz Core2Duo for and my biggest issue is the single display output. I'd love to do dual head on it.

On another note I've just bit on a Dual Proc 800Mhz G4 quicksilver machine, so if nobody wakes up in the next 4 hours I'll have some more PPC horsepower to play with.

Cheers for the feedback guys, it's always interesting to see what sort of "minority" platforms are in use.

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Peter KG6LSE

Brad .. all the new ones from last year have a Mini DVI and a Mini Display port .

I Would have never got a mini untill they made it 2 head . I would have to get a Full tower.

I live on 2 screens . well 2 plus a projector [noparse]:)[/noparse] tyed to screen #1


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I use a TV stick in the mini with the projector to watch TV , or for browsing the web while in bed .


Mind Other world computing does make USB 2.0 to DVI adapters ! for under $100
they are NOT for gameing or stuff like that but for web or non quartz stuff there Great !
EDIT Matrox Makes a DVI splitter that makes the port on the computer put out twice as many H Pixels then in the adapter it makes 2 sepriot screens from it .. but this can be a issue with low end G cards if the H Pixeis are more then what the card can put out .....




Peter KG6LSE

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"Carpe Ducktum" "seize the tape!!"
peterthethinker.com/tesla/Venom/Venom.html
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway. —Tanenbaum, Andrew S.
LOL

Post Edited (Peter KG6LSE) : 5/22/2010 6:00:59 PM GMT