B/W G3 Mac upgrade I'm excited about

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Had to share here in the group... I did something VERY Amiga like that I've never really done before on any other modern or mainstream computing platform. And that was to spend money on an "obsolete" computer, bringing it to modern or semi-modern spec!  lol

Friend literally gave me a mint B/W G3 PowerMac that I just couldn't NOT use. Just a cool looking piece of equipment. Well, it originally came with a 300mhz G3 processor, CD ROM drive, 4GB HD and 64mb of ram... LOL!  

Discovered there's a 1.1ghz G3 upgrade that sells for only $109 and learned the only difference between that and a G4 was this Altivec thing that I guess most programs don't even take advantage of anyway. Doesn't just seem to be marketing hyperbole either as the system totally flies with OS10.4.3, iTunes, iPhoto and Adobe apps.

Have an Airport card coming, some ram, but she now already has a Superdrive in her, 80GB HD and 640mb RAM. System doesn't feel all that much slower than my G5 iMac and I'm quit familiar with the evolution of these things including the entire G4 range.

A G3 for next to nothing at a performance level that bests similarly priced G4 systems  :-)    Yay!   lol

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I remember the clamshell books. One of the first "cool" or "hip" looking laptops of theirs. Yeah, I'm seeing dual core G5 PowerMac's selling for crazy cheap even. Good. Hope they go lower and when they do, I'm going to snag up the highest end Quadcore they ever made for peanuts then  :-)

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I'd love to get a beige G3 at some point (before Apple went all futuristic and silly with their cases). Maybe the same mod can be done to that too?

Yes indeedy - here's the linky:

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/PowerLogix/PFZGX10001M/

...got to be one of the best cost<>performance upgrades I've ever seen for this kind of thing - outside of replacing your motherboard of course  ;-)

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You will regret upgrading to Leopard. I have a 2.1ghz G5 and 10.5 totally sucks on it and Snow (a patch for their shite 10.5) is not supported on PPC's! Avoid at all costs. I have since reinstalled Tiger and am much happier. System zings along now.

BTW: I have a spare 5500/225... since that uses a 603e, can that be upgraded as well? Where did you get your Sonnet?

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Hmm... well, from what I read on the marketing site - guess I was duped? lol  Still, this computer and the apps I have for it all seem to fly. I do have a 500mhz G4 I can plug in. After I reinstall the G3 and then install the G4 enabling program that is. I might just do that someday for comparison. But in the meantime, this is what the Powerlogix people had to say: