The Logic Off Topic list

> I think all PC people thinking of getting macs should know - that these
chip
> upgrades are questionable. (The 8500 listed below is about a 6 year old
> machine!). One problem is that the bus speed is not increased. And also
there
> is something about the "bios" in pc-speak.
>
> >I have an updated but still fairly slothlike mac:
> >Power PC 8500/120 with 450MHz G4 CPU Sonnet upgrade card.
> >CPU is good, but system buss is VERY slow

As you can see, I mentioned that the buss speed is slow, but I still
get good performance out of it, numbers notwithstanding.  I have had
NO problems with this machine, in fact I can run OSX on it if I need,
to, and it's actually much more stable than it was with the original
CPU (go figure).

I highly recommend the Sonnet products, the card looks better
built and runs much cooler than the original Apple CPU card did.
The beauty of this is that I got the 8500 about six years ago (cheap,
as it was just discontinued), and it is more than fast enough for me
for now.  The "bios" (I assume you refer to PRAM) is updated
through a floppy supplied with the card.

I also got a USB card for $24 at Best Buy.
Let's just say that for ~$400, I have a reasonably fast G4, and
I spent the rest of my computer budget buying EXS24, EVP88,
Stylus, Battery, Absynth...  I was thinking about putting together
a PC, but right now, I'm pretty glad I didn't...

   -smeet