Can i upgrade my dual 1.8 G5 processors?
was wondering if i can upgrade my dual 1.8 G5 processors to dual 2.5.
is it something i can do or am i stuck with my current set up? if so what can i do to speed it up? i have 2GB ram. new 500GB HD with the current 80GB hard drive.
Out of curiosity, what is the limitation for the upgrades? Does each logic board get "calibrated" for a specific processor type?
The bus speed on the motherboard is fixed, and the G5 processor runs at double the bus speed. Therefore, each motherboard can only be used with one specific CPU speed. So, you can only "upgrade" the processors by replacing the motherboard as well.
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Question 1
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maybe any other hardware that will limit the processor up to a certain speed?
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Therefore my .mac account, my ability to access the info I need when at a remote location, all are stuck in the water because Mac will not 'support' Final Cut Pro 4.5HD... I appreciate how good Final Cut Studio is: I have purchased it for school's I work with and used it myself at work locations, but personally, the $699.00 upgrade to FC Studio is not feasible for me at this time. The $199.00 upgrade was offered only until March of this year - and it was not brought to my attention until it was too late and unaffordable.
Does anybody have any ideas? I am looking for solutions.. and appreciate your input.
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Brent Weber
G5 dual 2 ghz ppc 1 gb ddr sdram Mac OS X (10.4.8) FINAL CUT HD, ISYNC 2.3Thanks for the input; you are all correct - especially Gig - in that FCS is a significant upward change. I have used it, purchased it for some schools and kick myself every day i didn't get the 199 update info in time. i know they offered it for a while, but I was changing residences and missed out. I begged Apple to make an exception, but they refused. It's business. Truthfully, i need to just suck it up and get the FCS and yes - more gigs, Gig!
For now, live with my woes...most of work currently is done through a day job in the business, so my side businesses are not the priority any way. As you said G, I am sure I could make it back fairly quickly...
So quit whining, BH Weber!
Thanks as always guys...
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Hi all,
I'm revisiting my old iBook, described above in Subject line. (Wow, it's been a while. Now use an iMac and MacBookPro. This little lovely is so slow!)
1. What is the newest OS that I might upgrade it to?
2. Right now, the wireless icon in upper right shows black rings--meaning it is picking up a signal--but it won't connect to the internet. I get an error message that says it can't find the particular server (no matter what address I insert). For example, it can't find http://www.apple.com.
Can anyone help out with these two issues?
Thanks!Roam and Ronda, thank you so much for getting back so quickly.
Ronda, your post really hit the nail on the head for me. Trying to think out the problem, I thought it might be that I'm using an Airport Extreme now. I will look at the documentation or the app and see how to allow earlier cards to make contact via mixed mode.
Also Roam--long ago, I bought 10.4.1 for an earlier upgrade. I tried to upgrade my dual USB but can't get there. Upon clicking the restart button to proceed (as it requests at the initial screen when just opened), it restarts and I get a dark grey screen with a lot of confusing text (some overlayed). Some about kernal, some in various languages telling me it can't find a driver and I must reboot . . . .
But no way to get out except to shut down. Then found a way to eject the disk on startup. Yikes.
Per your thought, I don't have to upgrade if I can get wireless to work. I'd like to give this iBook to my sister-in-law who simply wants to do research on the web. I'm hoping Safari will work fast enough to be of use to her. But I have a feeling things will be slow. We've come so far over the past 9 years! I worry this may be more painful than useful to her . . . .
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How can I upgrade from OSX 10.7 to 10.9 on my 2012 mac mini? (2.3 GHz, 4 GB, 500 GB SATA disk) I don't want OSX Yosemite.
If your Mini shipped with OS X 10.7 Lion, then it was considered a 2011 build model, or before.
The Mini 2012 model, is considered a Late 2012, & the last one where RAM could be upgraded.
And it shipped with Mountain Lion 10.8, which is a fairly OK system if one had older software.
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