Dual 867 PowerPC G4

Primarily got this to run pro-tools but it cant handle it... I am running leopard Mac OS X 10.5.4 ... Now my question is this. If possible to upgrade my G4 how much can I upgrade the processors and would it be much more feasible to just get a G5 cost wise... I am a tinkerer so I like doing upgrades if possible....

It would probably be more cost-effective to get a used G5.
Your current Mac has a processor speed of 867MHz & a bus speed of 133MHz.
A G5 2.7GHz DP has a processor speed of 2.7GHz & a bus speed of 1.35GHz.
 Cheers, Tom

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Hey Kenichi - ole wise one
Restraint is a great idea especially when your're broke. I really didn't want that processor upgrade when I saw how much it was. I will however pick up that Seagate 500 Gig HD, and maybe I'll spring for the Radeon 9200. That's a reasonable upgrade for still under $200.
I also have a G4 733 Quicksilver with this upgraded processor;
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MEG42M1200/
It works great, but I think the Dual 867 I just picked up may still beat out the Quicksilver even in it's current configuration?
I never cared for the iMac design, (with it's hardware built into the screen housing)
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I can't say for certain, but I've lurked around these forums for awhile, and I can say it seems you will be very unhappy with Logic 8. Why chance it? If 7 is working for you, stick with it, and use the $500 you would have spent on Logic Studio towards a newer computer that will let Logic be happy on it.
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Memtest version 4.13 (32-bit)
Copyright (C) 2004 Charles Cazabon
Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 Tony Scaminaci (Macintosh port)
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2 only
MacOS X (Darwin) running in multiuser mode
POSIX version 200112
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Available memory: 18MB (19693568 bytes)
Allocated memory: 18MB (19693568 bytes) at local address 0x02008000
Attempting memory lock... locked successfully
Creating test buffers...
Buffer A: 9MB (9846784 bytes) at local address 0x02008000
Buffer B: 9MB (9846784 bytes) at local address 0x0296c000
Running 1 test sequence...
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Compare SUB : ok
Compare MUL : ok
Compare DIV : ok
Compare OR : ok
Compare AND : ok
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Block Sequential : setting 1 of 256testing 224 of 256setting 225 of 256testing 225 of 256setting 226 of 256testing 226 of 256setting 227 of 256testing 227 of 256setting 228 of 256testing 228 of 256setting 229 of 256testing 229 of 256setting 230 of 256testing 230 of 256setting 231 of 256g 238 of 256setting 239 of 256testing 239 of 256setting 240 of 256testing 240 of 256setting 241 of 256testing 241 of 256setting 242 of 256testing 242 of 256setting 243 of 256testing 243 of 256setting 244 of 256testing 244 of 256setting 245 of 256testing 245 of 256setting 246 of 256testing 246 of 256setting 247 of 256testing 247 of 256setting 248 of 256testing 248 of 256setting 249 of 256testing 249 of 256setting 250 of 256ok
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Bit Flip : setting 1 of 256ok
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C24, welcome to Apple Discussions.
A great price for both. Several considerations. Here's a link to the specs on both. http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g4/index-powermac-g4.html
1. Are you currently using OS 9 in classic mode. If so, you can use either Mac in Tiger. (same as your G5).
2. Do you want to be able to boot into OS 9. Only the MDD will do this.
3. The MDD Dual might be slightly faster if you use multiple applications at the same time and if you do extensive graphics/audio.
Unless you want to boot into OS 9, I would choose the 1GHz. Note: If you upgrade to Leopard, you won't be able to use classic mode.
 Cheers, Tom

No audio device found=no sound on OS9 (MDD Dual 867)

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i have a serious problem when running OS 9.2.2 on my dual 867 MDD. There is no sound ! In the "sound panel" i have a message like this ( i translate from french ):" Can't use audio device because it seems that another application use it". That is for "in" and "out" sound. When i try to play a movie in QuickTime, i have a message like this ( approximatly ): " you maybe can't hear the audio of the file because there is no audio device". I don't understand because there is no application running. I try everything: disable all preferences, disable all non-apple extensions, reset the pram, reinstall a clean system on other partition. Always the same problem. It's like that computer don't see an audio device - i mean the internal audio of the mac ! On OS 9.2.2 i'm running QuickTime 6.0.3 of course. When i boot on Mac Os X 10.3.9 and -for example- running "Classic QuickTime" i have sound.
So i don't understand. Someone can help me ? Thanks !
( sorry for my english
elzef

To make sure we understand:
when you boot your system direct to OS9, you have no sound.
When you boot to OS X, you have sound.
When you run classic from inside of OSX, you have sound.
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No upgrade path at all.
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