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DeathToWindows · Aug 10, 2004, 11:21 AM

So, as a gift to myself, I am uprading from my nearly three year old Quicksilver 733 tower to a new DP1.8 G5.

Old Setup: QS 733 / 40GB / 27GB / 768MB / Superdrive / Zip250 / RADEON 9000
New setup: DP1.8 / 80GB / 1.25GB / 8xSuperdrive / RADEON 9600

Also buying a 17" Sony LCD (can't really afford the Apple

), a set of decent Altec Lansing speakers and RAM from Crucial (as the system only ships with 256MB and I don't feel like paying a premium for ram).

This ought to be fun.

And yes, I'm paying for this - there goes most of my summer earnings...

gorickey · Aug 10, 2004, 11:22 AM

Damn, that's going to be one awesome upgrade...

Congrats!

wdlove · Aug 10, 2004, 11:26 AM

Congratulations DeathToWindows. It will be your summer earnings well spent.

soul searching · Aug 10, 2004, 11:40 AM

Congrats on the new setup. Quite the upgrade indeed.

I'm hoping that those 3.0Ghz machines come out in January so I can upgrade my Mac then.

DeathToWindows · Aug 10, 2004, 11:48 AM

Yeah, once Epson ships the 4180 that'll get added to the beast...

4800dpi negative scanning! USB 2.0 - Grrr. Why no FireWire?

zachs · Aug 10, 2004, 12:18 PM

Nice setup, dude! Congrats!

Shaddim · Aug 10, 2004, 12:52 PM

Originally posted by soul searching:
Congrats on the new setup. Quite the upgrade indeed.

I'm hoping that those 3.0Ghz machines come out in January so I can upgrade my Mac then.

That's what I'm waiting for too. Almost bit the bullet and got a 2.5... but I'd much prefer a 3. Besides, my dually 1.42 is still going strong, and I always try and double my processing speed with each upgrade, if I can help it.

DeathToWindows · Aug 10, 2004, 03:24 PM

Well, I'm seeing an increase of ~5x so I can live with that...

Powaqqatsi · Aug 10, 2004, 03:40 PM

Congrats. But why such a small hard drive?

DeathToWindows · Aug 10, 2004, 03:42 PM

I'm going to wait (80 is enough for now) and scrape together the $187 to buy a 250GB SATA drive from newegg in a little while, but I decided I would do that upgrade when I needed to. Anyway, I've got an external 120GB firewire drive anyway. Space is not a huge issue... yet.

Powaqqatsi · Aug 10, 2004, 03:46 PM

Originally posted by DeathToWindows:
I'm going to wait (80 is enough for now) and scrape together the $187 to buy a 250GB SATA drive from newegg in a little while, but I decided I would do that upgrade when I needed to. Anyway, I've got an external 120GB firewire drive anyway. Space is not a huge issue... yet.

owkay

euphras · Aug 10, 2004, 03:59 PM

And i�m sitting around with my 667 Megahurtz G4 for a while. You make me envy.

Oh, congrats man

DeathToWindows · Aug 10, 2004, 09:30 PM

And if you look back to what my non-desktop system is, you'll be pulling hair.

12" 1.33Ghz Powerbook. (Graduation Present)

the G5 is coming out of my pocket and my pocket alone.

zachs · Aug 10, 2004, 11:44 PM

Originally posted by DeathToWindows:
And if you look back to what my non-desktop system is, you'll be pulling hair.

12" 1.33Ghz Powerbook. (Graduation Present)

the G5 is coming out of my pocket and my pocket alone.

Whoa! You're pulling a G5 out of your pocket?

DeathToWindows · Aug 11, 2004, 09:17 AM

Originally posted by zachs:
Whoa! You're pulling a G5 out of your pocket?

Snort. No, my wallet will be rather drained after saturday... Massachusetts tax holiday.

Big Mac · Aug 11, 2004, 09:25 AM

Originally posted by DeathToWindows:
Snort. No, my wallet will be rather drained after saturday... Massachusetts tax holiday.

You mean a tax reprieve? It seems to me that the words tax and holiday should not follow one another.

Congratulations on your upgrade. G5s are great, aren't they? I went from an 8600/300 and an iBook 466 (which I'm typing on right now) to a DP 2.0, so I got quite an upgrade.

ryju · Aug 11, 2004, 10:51 AM

I'll be going from a G3 400MHz iMac to a 1.5GHz G4 PowerBook. Should be quite the increase!
I couldn't imagine the increase going from that to a G5!

SafariX · Aug 11, 2004, 11:42 AM

The duals rock. Got a rev b 2x2 in June, and it never ceases to amaze me. Sometimes it tells ME to speed up!

-SAFARI ECKS

(THATS FOR CEE DEE HANKSUH!)

DeathToWindows · Aug 22, 2004, 07:35 PM

Update:

Apple had stock of the Gen1 DP2.0 machines... for $150 more than a new (crippled) 1.8, so I should have my new baby on the 27th (apple had a supply delay)

george68 · Aug 22, 2004, 07:51 PM

I bought some new toys too.... extra 512 megs ram for hte imac (1 gig total) and a toshiba e740 pocketPC, complete with aqua interface!

- Rob

DeathToWindows · Aug 22, 2004, 08:11 PM

Originally posted by george68:
I bought some new toys too.... extra 512 megs ram for hte imac (1 gig total) and a toshiba e740 pocketPC, complete with aqua interface!

- Rob

Are you running the M$ OS on the unit or did you find a Linux-oid object. I've got a Sharp Zaurus 5500 running OpenZaurus myself...

So, I'm getting 512 stock on the G5 + 1GB from crucial... drool

Link · Aug 22, 2004, 08:12 PM

I think I'll wait for the dual 3.2ghz powermac g5... that way I replace this dual 800 with something 4 times faster...

Then again I might not even be able to get THAT.

DeathToWindows · Aug 22, 2004, 08:16 PM

Considering what i'm jumping from... a QS733... we're talking 5.5x the raw speed, 4x the HD and 2x the RAM