Re: [WinMac] Mac processor upgrades

John C. Welch(jwelch[at]aer.com)
Mon, 24 Jan 2000 23:04:51 -0500

a lot of it has to do with the fact that shoehorning a G4 into an older Mac
is like jamming a turbojet into a beetle, you CAN do it, but you won't get a
lot out of it over a G3.

and FWIW...I have at least four Macs with Newer upgrades, they are all
running perfectly

john

ymmv

> From: Bruce Johnson <johnson@Pharmacy.Arizona.EDU>
> Reply-To: winmac@lists.best.com
> Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 13:44:58 -0700
> To: winmac@lists.best.com
> Subject: Re: [WinMac] Mac processor upgrades
>
> Tom Roth wrote:
>>
>> "Daniel L. Schwartz" wrote:
>>> The G4 upgrade to your machines is a red herring - Stick with the G3
>>> instead. Personally, I like Sonnet's offerings.
>>> http://www.sonnettech.com
>>
>> I saw some of theirs in a Mac-something catalog and they looked like a
>> good price. I've not visited their website yet though I will now. I
>> figured upgrading to a G4 would probably not be feasible or worth it. I
>> thought maybe a 400MHz G3 would be sufficient.
>>
>> I noticed that with all of the processor upgrade card companies, they
>> list the cache speed at half of the processor speed.
>
> This is normal. (iirc, the cache on Apple's systems run at 2:1 too) 1:1
> speeds are expensive to pull off, since that needs a lot of _very_ fast
> ram.
>
> I would like to know why the G4 is a red herring, Dan. Is it not all
> that compatible or is a G4 so much faster tan the rest of the system it
> isn't worth it?
>
> --
> Bruce Johnson
> University of Arizona
> College of Pharmacy
> Information Technology Group
>
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