So I saved a G4 Powermac from our company's bone yard. I have it home now to play with and after booting with an internet connection I did a software update to the latest patch for OS-X 10.4 (now currently patch 11). I also updated Firefox to 2.0. So...the machine is really slow just running a browser. Here are the specs of the box:
Machine Name: Power Mac G4
Machine Model: PowerMac3,3
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.9)
Number Of CPUs: 2
CPU Speed: 450 MHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB
Memory: 640 MB
Bus Speed: 100 MHz
So the memory really sticks out as a culprit. Current specs are:
DIMM0 256 MB SDRAM PC133-333
DIMM1 256 MB SDRAM PC133-333
DIMM2 128 MB SDRAM PC100-222S
DIMM3 EMPTY
I went to a website for Mac memory and it says the max memory supported is 2GB of PC100. Is that right? Obviously I have 133 RAM in this thing and it seems to work. So the big question is...would I see a big jump in speed going to 4 512MB DIMMs ($200 worth of RAM) or should I just play with the thing and be happy. The box will be used as a iTunes and Web client for the wife and kids.
Thanks...from a Mac newb.
