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Awesome! I hace switched to mine as well now and all is running well. I will say, 1G is really not enough RAM for what we do, but it is still mighty faster than the G5. The first thing I plan on doing sis upgrading the ram to at least 4G.
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Re: The eagle almost landed

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Wave wrote:Man, I hate buying computers :(
I know, but don't you just LOVE ***getting*** a new one!

Congrats!!!!!!!

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grimepoch wrote:Awesome! I hace switched to mine as well now and all is running well. I will say, 1G is really not enough RAM for what we do, but it is still mighty faster than the G5. The first thing I plan on doing sis upgrading the ram to at least 4G.
I am so glad I don't have to dwell on this anymore. Just got an e-mail from Apple and should have this beast here by Jan 2nd. The tough part is over.
Now, more RAM ...

Rick, since I am sure you already looked into this, do you have any suggestions as to what kind of RAM should I get? I am going to up this thing to 4 Gig and ultimately up it to 8. Apparently, the BestBuy has 5300 RAM that should work with this machine, but I don't see any heatsinks on these chips? Would that be a problem?

Thanks Emulatorloo ;)

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Wave wrote:Now, more RAM ...
Check out Data Memory Systems (www.datamem.com). I've had great luck with them through the years. They have RAM with Apple approved heat sinks, decent prices and lifetime warranty.

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Phil O wrote:Check out Data Memory Systems (www.datamem.com). I've had great luck with them through the years. They have RAM with Apple approved heat sinks, decent prices and lifetime warranty.
I second that -- they know macs, they ship fast, their quality is great. The one time I had a stick of RAM from them go bad, they were damn quick about getting it replaced.

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