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Hi,

I use DP on a 867 dual G4 since 3 years. I've an opportunity to by a single 1.8Ghz G5 with 2.5 GO Ram for 1000 euros : the price is attractive (?), but is there a real benefit to to a such migration (VI's, latency, altiverb, etc.) ? My G4 is working pretty well, and I originaly planed to buy a new mac in 1 or 2 years (waiting fo Intel based announced machine).

thank you

Emmanuel - PARIS

Performance of a single 1.8 is typically compared to a dual 1.42. You will see improvement, but it depends on whether or not you can live with the dual 867 for now and save your pennies for a real performer like the new quad G5. I think if your going to upgrade, wait until you can get the top of the line and it will last you for 4-5 years. My 2 cents.

Mac's busines plan. Make everything obsolete every 3 years. I have better computer efficiency but the CPU spikes in 4.6 are driving me crazy. My g4 was slow but it never crashed and 3.11 never spiked. I am still seaching for the answer for this on my G5 Imac 2.1 MHz. Sometimes I think I've nailed it with different settings but then out of nowhere!!! It might be that every move right is followed by 3 moves left. Go for it!

dactarus
2 years ago i had to make the same decision, coming from a dual 867 MMD and updating to a single G5 1.8 worked out very well for me.
Overall improvement, virtual instruments working better etc etc...
go for it.

dactarus wrote:Hi,

My G4 is working pretty well, and I originaly planed to buy a new mac in 1 or 2 years (waiting fo Intel based announced machine).

Stay with your G4 and get a new mac when all the PCie/Iintel struggle is over.

thank all of you for your answer & advice ! I think I'll wait, to increase my budget, and try to buy later a faster machine : for today, my G4 does the job pretty well.
Dactarus

dactarus wrote:thank all of you for your answer & advice ! I think I'll wait, to increase my budget, and try to buy later a faster machine : for today, my G4 does the job pretty well.
Dactarus

My home studio has a MDD 867 (Quad G5 at work studio) ..it is works
well ..plus I have fewer problems with the MDD 867. I like the
expandability of the 867 -- I have 4 internal drives including 2 X 400Gig
Seagates for audio and sample libraries alone!

I am holding out for a Quad MacIntel..

Kris...

traded in a Dual 867 for a single G5. Works just fine and quite efficient.

TO me if you can grab one for $900 USD or less, you are doing good...

Wise choice. You won't regret it. When the Macintels hit the market, the quad G5's will be going for about 2000.00 as refurbs with one year Apple warranties. Or, you could just hold out for the Macintel. By then, the performance gain will be significant.