02-19-2006, 01:00 AM
Get a Digital Audio G4/533DP, and you'll be all set. Nice units are going for $250-$300 on eBay. I am using one right now, and it's been *heavily upgraded* because I have to have a 2nd heavy duty workhorse PowerMac in my studio...and I didn't want to spend $1500 on another G5 tower. My G5 1.8GHz DP was just replaced by Apple Computer because of 4 major hardware failures under warranty, so I'm awfully lucky to have this G4.
Now the Mac= G4 1.8GHz DP (Giga Designs)/120GB & 40GB HDs/1.5GB RAM/SIIG USB 2.0 PCI card/SIIG 4-port FireWire PCI card/DVR-109/Radeon 8500 Mac Edition.
There's no way a Mac Mini can do all of the things this machine can do now. While I wait for my new Dual Core G5 to be built and shipped to me, the G4 will be my main machine. Thank the lord I upgraded it...who would've thought my G5 would have to be replaced?
For the kind of work you're proposing for your 2nd Mac, the OEM G4/533DP setup should be adequate. However, if you want to upgrade the CPUs, I prefer what I have, the Giga Designs CPU line of upgrades. They've been around for more than 4 years now, and are financially stable, and technically superior to all the other brands IMO. I love OWC, but if you wanted to buy a DP upgrade for a Digital Audio G4, they don't have anything except Sonnet's, which will cost you $599+. I paid $498 at DayStar for the 1.8GHz DP Giga Designs upgrade, and it's worked fantastic since day No. 1.
Good luck, and hope this helped.
________________
Now the Mac= G4 1.8GHz DP (Giga Designs)/120GB & 40GB HDs/1.5GB RAM/SIIG USB 2.0 PCI card/SIIG 4-port FireWire PCI card/DVR-109/Radeon 8500 Mac Edition.
There's no way a Mac Mini can do all of the things this machine can do now. While I wait for my new Dual Core G5 to be built and shipped to me, the G4 will be my main machine. Thank the lord I upgraded it...who would've thought my G5 would have to be replaced?
For the kind of work you're proposing for your 2nd Mac, the OEM G4/533DP setup should be adequate. However, if you want to upgrade the CPUs, I prefer what I have, the Giga Designs CPU line of upgrades. They've been around for more than 4 years now, and are financially stable, and technically superior to all the other brands IMO. I love OWC, but if you wanted to buy a DP upgrade for a Digital Audio G4, they don't have anything except Sonnet's, which will cost you $599+. I paid $498 at DayStar for the 1.8GHz DP Giga Designs upgrade, and it's worked fantastic since day No. 1.
Good luck, and hope this helped.
________________