Should I bother upgrading???

Sup all...
I got my G5 DC 2.0 almost a year ago now... I upgraded the memory with 2 X 512M chips and put a 300G hdd in it. Now, I am debating on whether I should get the wireless/bluetooth card to go in it and upgrade the hdd to a 10K RPM barracuda (as the boot up drive)... I also wanted to get more memory for it because I am starting to use Final Cut and Photoshop alot more (1Gs are running about $170 ea. at CompUSA)
BUT IS IT WORTH IT??? Should I try to sell it and take that money to get a newer one with the Intel Dual Core processors??? This is a sweet machine... blows away any PC I have ever had... but you can get new towers now with 2 CD drives... I just don't know?!?! I guess it also depends how much I could get for a used DC 2.0 with 1.5Gs RAM and a 160G & 300G?!?!
Thanks for any suggestions...

The RAM for the Mac Pro is very expensive. To get a good amount of ram, and a couple of hard drives you have to spend ~$3000 total on a new machine. Say you sell your current G5 for $1200 or so, it will end up costing you $1800 for that new machine.
And look at pricewatch.com. You can get 2-1GB sticks for $180 or so for your late 2005 G5. Powermac G5s take the cheapo, unbuffered, non-special ram.
http://www.pricewatch.com/memory/pc4200ddr2gb.htm
CompUSA aka CRAPusa is always overpriced. Avoid them at all costs, if you can.
Anyways, it's cheaper to upgrade at this point.

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Hi All,
In my requirement in smart form, the standard text and values to be printed should appear both in english and chinese language.
When my login language is EN(English), I cannot able to see the chinese text , but only the english text.
If login in Chinese language, I can able to see the both the Chinese and English text in print preview, even then in printout the chinese text is missing.
Please let me know what will be the problem.
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Hi
See the attached 2 OSS notes for your problem
OSSNote:960341
Symptom
In some device types (e.g HPLJ4, HPLJ5) you experience non-uniform character spacing in the PDF document after the PDF conversion of SAPscript or Smart Forms documents, using HELVE or TIMES fonts. You want to know the reason.
Other terms
CONVERT_OTF, SAPscript, Smart Forms
Reason and Prerequisites
The problem is not due to an error in the PDF converter but due to the fact, that the printer font, underlying the device type (e.g. Univers or CG Times in PCL-5 device types), is not available for the PDF converter and is either not available in Adobe Reader. The PDF converter has to try to simulate the layout of the printer font by means of a font which is predefined in Adobe Reader. This is done by assigning the letter widths of the printer font to the font used in Adobe Reader.
The PDF file contains a table with letter widths, used by Adobe Reader in the output of text, for each used printer font (except PostScript fonts).
Example:
%Charwidth values from HP4300 HELVE 060 normal
/Widths
[ 278 333 500 633 633 1000 758 333 333 333 633...
Adobe reader converts this width table, by modifying the space between each character, so that the specified letter width (= space between the current and the next letter) is kept.
This 'Simulation' of printer fonts results in the sometimes visible irregular spaces in PDF.
The PDF converter always uses the Helvetica Adobe PostScript font for the display of HELVE and the Times Roman Adobe PostScript font for the display of TIMES. However, for these Adobe PostScript fonts, Adobe Reader often uses a Windows TrueType font, which differs slightly from the original PostScript font.
Solution
Workaround: Use the POST2 PostScript device type or the PDF1 PDF device type for the PDF conversion of documents in the Latin-1 character set. They both use the Adobe PostScript fonts Helvetica or Times Roman for the HELVE/TIMES printer fonts.
Header Data
Release Status: Released for Customer
Released on: 30.06.2006 12:44:06
Priority: Recommendations/additional info
Category: Consulting
Primary Component: BC-CCM-PRN Print and Output Management
Secondary Components: BC-SRV-SCR SAPscript
OSS Note: 776507
Symptom
Documents printed via SAPscript or SmartForms do not print with correct special characters, e.g. ### prints instead of Japanese or Russian characters. What to do?
Other terms
SAPscript, SmartForms, printing, device types, OTF
Reason and Prerequisites
Help required to choose proper fonts in a SAPscript or SmartForm
Solution
When using SAPscript or SmartForms to print (or email or fax) a form from a business application, many factors influence the outcome of the actual text within the form. All these factors must be checked in order to ensure a correct printout:
1) The language version of the form used to produce the printout.
Example: If you want to print a French invoice, you need to have a FR version of your SAPscript or SmartForms invoice form RVINVOICE01. And the application program must specify the corresponding language key (FR) when calling the SAPscript or SmartForms API.
2) The font selections specified in the form (possibly also in a SAPscript style or SmartStyle used in a form).
Example: In a SAPscript form or a SmartStyle you need to specify HELVE if you want to print German text in Helvetica (or similar) font. If you want to print Japanese text, HELVE is not a valid choice but you need to specify a Japanese font like JPMINCHO in your Japanese form.
3) The output character set of the device type
Every printer in transaction SPAD has a "device type" assigned. Device types used by the spooler for printing support only one single specific output character set. All text from the form has to be converted (using SAP's built-in character conversion mechanism) to this output character set.
A character set can typically support either a single language (e.g. Shift-JIS which supports only Japanese) or a set of languages (e.g. ISO 8859-1, which supports Western-European languages). It is possible that a given language (such as German) can be supported by several output character sets, e.g. you may use either ISO 8895-1 (Latin-1) or ISO 8859-2 (Latin-2) to represent German text. This is so because both character sets contain the special characters used in German.
Example: HPLJ4000 is a HP LaserJet device type supporting the ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1) character set. ISO 8859-1 can be used to represent e.g. Dutch, English, French, German, Spanish, Swedish but NOT Russian or Japanese.
As a consequence, it is ok to use HPLJ4000 to print English, German French etc. but not for Japanese or Russian.
4) The set of available printer fonts for a given device type
When formatting a document, SAPscript and SmartForms perform an automatic mapping of the font definitions in the form (e.g. "HELVE 14 point bold") and the available printer fonts of the device type. A replacement printer font is chosen, should the specified font selection not be available in the device type. Now this replacement can be problematic if a language-specific font, such as Chinese CNSONG, is specified in a form and it gets replaced by a font which does not support this language, e.g. COURIER.
To solve this problem, font families in SE73 have language attribute assigned, e.g. some fonts are characterized as being suitable only for certain languages. And when a replacement has to be chosen because the original font from the form is not available in the device type, a replacement font is chosen which has the same language attributes.
If no fonts for the language in question exist in the device type, the resulting font will not be able to print the special characters and you will see "wrong" output characters in the printout.
Note on SAPscript/SmartForms Print Preview:
The OTF Print Preview available in Windows GUI (e.g. from transaction SP01) will sometimes not show the "wrong" characters which appear on the final printout. Here is the reason: since the Print Preview runs in Windows environment, it will use Windows fonts to represent the actual printer fonts. A Windows font typically has more available characters (i.e. covers more character sets) than are actually available in a printer's resident font.
A typical example where the Print Preview will differ from the printout is here: if you have a Chinese PCL5 printer such as CNHPLJ4 and use the Western Latin font COURIER in your document, the print preview will show you Chinese characters if you (by accident) tried to format Chinese characters in COURIER font. This is because Windows will automatically choose a font that can output Chinese characters (which is actually not Courier). But when you print the job on an actual PCL5 printer with resident Western and Chinese fonts, the Courier font will not print any Chinese characters but Western special characters instead, because the printer's resident Courier font does not include Chinese characters.
Rule of thumb: all Asian device types (e.g. CNHPLJ4, JPHPLJ4, JPPOST, KPHPLJ4) support not only Asian fonts but also COURIER, HELVE and TIMES fonts. But these Latin fonts can only be used to print English text, not Chinese/Japanese/Korean characters.
Which fonts are suitable for a given language?
Language(s):            Font family to use in a form:
Latin-1 (Western Europe/Americas) *******
DE,EN,FR,ES,NL,SV       COURIER, HELVE, TIMES
                        (LETGOTH, LNPRINT)
Latin-2 (Central Europe) ****************
PL, CZ                  COURIER, HELVE, TIMES
ISO 8859-4 (Baltic) *********************
ET, LT, LV              COURIER, HELVE, TIMES
ISO 8859-5 (Cyrillic) *******************
BG, RU, SR, UK          COURCYR, HELVCYR, TIMECYR
ISO 8859-7 (Greek) **********************
EL                      COUR_I7, HELV_I7, TIME_I7
ISO 8859-8 (Hebrew) *********************
HE                      COURIER, HELVE, TIMES
ISO 8859-9 (Turkish) ********************
TR                      COURIER, HELVE, TIMES
Simplified Chinese **********************
ZH                      CNHEI, CNKAI, CNSONG
Japanese ********************************
JA                      JPMINCHO, DBMINCHO, DBGOTHIC
Korean **********************************
KP                      KPBATANG, KPDODUM, KPGULIM
                        KPGUNGSE, KPSAMMUL
Traditional Chinese *********************
ZF                      TWDPHEI, TWMING, TWSONG
Thai ************************************
TH                      THANGSAN, THDRAFT, THVIJIT
Arabic (Unicode systems only) ***********
AR                      ANDALE_J
Verify your output by examining the OTF data
When analysing printing problems of this type, be sure to check the OTF data which gets produced by SAPscript or SmartForms. OTF or "Output Text Format" is the intermediate page-description format generated from SAPscript or SmartForms. OTF will contain the final printer font names and character set/language identifiers which help to solve the problem. OTF will even name the form and the language of the form used to create the output.
The easiest way to do this is to create a spool request from your application, run transaction SP01, use menu
Goto->Display Requests->Settings
and choose
Display Mode: Raw
Now display your spool request. If this is a SAPscript or SmartForms spool request, you will see OTF data. Each line represents one OTF command, every command starts with a 2-character cmd identifier and possibly some cmd parameters follow.
Here is an excerpt from a sample OTF file where we highlight the most interesting commands:
//XHPLJ8000    0700 00000000001
IN04EALEXTEST_ZEBRA
IN05%PAGE1
OPDINA4 P 144 240 1683811906000010000100001
IN06%WINDOW2
MT0024401289
CP11000000E
FCHELVE 120 00109XSF100SF101110000067E X
UL +0000000000000
SW00067
CT00000000
ST0453037Dieses SF hat Stil ALEXTEST_ZEBRA mit
The 1st line with the // (Control) command reveals the device type usedto print: HPLJ8000
//XHPLJ8000    0700 00000000001
The 2nd line (IN = Info command) shows the name and (internal 1-char)language key of the form:
IN04EALEXTEST_ZEBRA
In this case it is the English (E = EN) SmartForm ALEXTEST_ZEBRA
The OP-line (OP = Open Page) gives the page format used in the form, it is DINA4 Portrait orientation:
OPDINA4 P 144 240 1683811906000010000100001
The CP (CodePage) cmd shows the SAP system codepage used to code the text and the active language. In our case it is codepage 1100 and language E = EN = English.
CP11000000E
Finally, the FC-cmd (Font Call) lists a printer font selected within SmartForms. Please note that every SmartForm has a designated default SmartStyle under "Form Attributes->Output Options". In addition, every text node can have a SmartStyle attached (which will override the definitions from the default style for the text). In our case the resulting printer font that was selected is HELVE 12.0 pt bold-off, italic-off.
FCHELVE   120 00109XSF100SF101110000067E X
Header Data
Release Status: Released for Customer
Released on: 22.08.2005 09:57:20
Priority: Recommendations/additional info
Category: Customizing
Primary Component: BC-CCM-PRN Print and Output Management
Secondary Components: BC-SRV-SCR SAPscript
BC-SRV-SSF Smart Forms
reward if useful
regards,
ANJI

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Hope I am clear.
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Hi, Dangy
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Shift-F11
Shift-F12
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Ctrl-F3                        FC03       <SSCRFIELDS-FUNC...>
Ctrl-F4                        FC04       <SSCRFIELDS-FUNC...>
Ctrl-F5                        FC05       <SSCRFIELDS-FUNC...>
Ctrl-F6                        LVUV       User Variables...
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Ctrl-F8
Ctrl-F9
Ctrl-F10
Ctrl-F11
Ctrl-F12
Ctrl-Shift-F1
Ctrl-Shift-F2
Ctrl-Shift-F3
Ctrl-Shift-F4
Ctrl-Shift-F5
Ctrl-Shift-F6
Ctrl-Shift-F7
Ctrl-Shift-F8
Ctrl-Shift-F9
Ctrl-Shift-F10
Ctrl-Shift-F11
Ctrl-Shift-F12
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I've also read that you don't have to remove 3rd party ram prior to updating. Is this true?
Thanks.

I apologize. I did not mean to dis you or your knowledge.
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Bob

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HI, i want to upgrade my Macbook 13inch late2009.
so, how should i will upgrade the ram,nvida graphics and GHS
please guide meh.
Thank you

You can upgrade the RAM and the disk but not the NVIDIA graphics processor. I don’t know what a GHS is.
On my 2009 MacBook I upgraded the memory and disk and it did wonders for the boot time and responsiveness. I found my $200 investment was well worth the money.
I expect you have 2 GB of memory so an 8 GB memory upgrade (~$100) will make a big difference. You can also upgrade the disk to a small SSD or large hybrid SSHD for around $80 to $260. Larger SSDs cost more. Your choice. The hybrid Seagate SSHD comes with an 8 GB SSD cache that provides SSD-like performance. My storage needs were minimal so I opted for a 120 GB SSD but if I had needed 500 GB to 1 TB of capacity I would probably have chosen the SSHD.
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http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=MacBook%20(13-inch%2C%20Late%2 02009)
Crucial M500 120 GB: $81
Crucial M500 240 GB: $138
Crucial M500 480 GB: $260
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Seagate 1 TB SSHD: $105
For a $5 toolkit with the necessary screwdrivers I recommend http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/TOOLKITMHD/
For an enclosure to transfer the data Google “USB 3.0 enclosure”
The Crucial and OWC sites have tutorials on installing the memory and disks.
If you don’t want to do the upgrade yourself take it to an Apple Authorized Service Provider https://locate.apple.com/country. An Apple store will not install non-Apple parts.

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How to Install OS X Updates Successfully
A. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions:
Boot from your current Tiger Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. Then select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger and later.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now restart normally.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior (4.0 for Tiger) and/or TechTool Pro (4.5.2 for Tiger) to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
B. Make a Bootable Backup Using Restore Option of Disk Utility:
Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
Select the destination volume from the left side list.
Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
Check the box labeled Erase destination.
Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to the Source entry field.
Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the external backup drive. Source means the internal startup drive.
C. Important: Please read before installing:
If you have a FireWire hard drive connected, disconnect it before installing the update unless you will boot from this drive and install the update on it. Reconnect it and turn it back on after installation is complete and you've restarted.
You may experience unexpected results if you have installed third-party system software modifications, or if you have modified the operating system through other means. (This does not apply to normal application software installation.)
The installation process should not be interrupted. If a power outage or other interruption occurs during installation, use the standalone installer (see below) from Apple Downloads to update. While the installation is in progress do not use the computer.
D. To upgrade:
Purchase the Snow Leopard Retail DVD.
Boot From The OS X Installer Disc:
Insert OS X Installer Disc into the optical drive.
Restart the computer.
Immediately after the chime press and hold down the "C" key.
Release the key when the spinning gear below the dark gray Apple logo appears.
Wait for installer to finish loading.
E. If updating:
Download and install update(s)
Use Software Update, or
Download standalone updater(s).

Should I bother to upgrade my wireless card ?

I have read several posts here which have observed that the aluminum 15" powerbooks (mine is 1.33 mHz) generally do not receive good wireless reception compared to other Powerbooks. I have also observed several references to web venders for replacement of original the airport extreme cards. My question is addressed to those in a similiar situation (having an aluminum powerbook), or those who have knowledge of the aluminum considerations:
... has replacing the Airport Extreme card made a noticeable improvement in the range of your wireless reception ( ie. is it worth the money... or, is it time to consider biting the bullet and buying a new computer ) ?
Thank you in advance for your consideration of this... it is hard to know what to do without knowing what others have experienced.

Hi,
You posted you question in the Power Mac (Desktop) G4 Discussions. You need to post it in the PowerBook Discussions.
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=120
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Having done a lot of reading on this issue at many forums and sites (like MacFixIt) before I tackled the upgrade, I found the following:
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2) After people had a chance to test the upgrade paths once 10.5 came out, the majority of comments I read suggested the archive and install.
3) The erase and install was highly recommended at first, but after a few days, when the dust settled, this recommendation didn't appear as much.
My first machine, I did a bootable backup and then an erase and install. All went well until the migrate wizard started copying files from the backup - it couldn't successfully restore one user's files (and it turned out to be me, with admin rights), so I had to manually set myself up. Fortunately, this was a test machine, so the problem didn't bother me. For the two other macs I have, I did an archive and install, and in both cases everything worked perfectly. If you go this route, be sure to delete the "previous systems" folder once you are satisfied with the upgrade.

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