[flynavy]

Hi, i was just given a Mac G4. Its the blue tower version. I first started out with Macs and then went to PCs for the games. Now i wanna go back to Mac b/c i dont play too many games anymore. Anyways, i was just wondering what i can boost this machine up to. Im sure there are limits. Right now it has a a little over 1 gig of RAM (1 512mb and three 256mb sticks) and the basic video card. Im looking to maybe upgrade the video card, bigger harddrive, and is ther a way of making it so i can put two CD/DVD type drives instead of just one and a ZIP? Who uses ZIPS anymore? lol. Any help would be greatly appreicated.


* On another note, im looking to get a KVM that i can use for my Mac and PC. Any good ones out there that have worked with both systems? And how do the switches work with wireless mouses/keyboards?

[Lateralus]

CPU: Dual 1.8GHz G4s or single 2GHz G4.
RAM: 2GBs.
VIdeo: Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB.
Storage: Two 120GB drives on the onboard IDE.
Optical: One optical drive without hacking the case to bits. There really isn't a worthwhile reason to do it with all-purpose drives as cheap as they are.

And it isn't blue, it is graphite.

[flynavy]

weeellll sorrrryyyy lol anyways, thanks for the info. Any idea how much a new processor would go for and is it easy to swap out?

[chris v]

Thses folks carry a pretty wide range of CPU upgrades.


http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/accelerators/

[ViviMaster]

a new processor will bring new life to that g4. got a 2ghz giga designs for mine not to long ago loving it. altho am tempted to sell for a g5....if your interested at all i have a owc 1ghz g4 processor for sale if ya interested