Should I upgrade my G4 hardrive, or just get an imac?

This may seem like a silly question- but.. I'm not sure if its time to replace my trusty G4 yet, and I would appreciate any insight anyone might have. I use my computer mainly for photoshop, and the funny thing is that I honestly don't find my ( less than a year old ) macbook much faster with most applications. ( Not just photoshop- I know CS2 runs slower with intels ) The trouble is, the sad little 40 GB hard drive is very nearly full, it is now really affecting it's operation. I'd rather not spend the money now, but I could if it was the wiser thing to do. What is anyone's opinion, do I spend just over a hundred bucks to upgrade my quicksilver G4's harddrive, or do I bite the bullet for the imac. Seems like an obvious answer but I just haven't been unhappy with my six year old mac. If I do replace the drive, is there a certain one that I should choose, ie. Seagate? ManyThanks.

Go with a 7200 rpm, high performance, Seagate HDD. WDs are notorious for problems. Maxtor used to be the best Mac option, but when Seagate bought them out, they were turned into the low end cost/performance/quality HDDs in the Seagate stable. BTW, most CompUSA HDDs are just generic Maxtor HDDs.
Use your new HDD as your your primary drive. If your QS is one of the newer ones, the HDDs are jumpered for Cable Select. Check the back of your existing HDD. If it is jumpered for CS, do the same with the new HDD. If it is jumpered as Master, then change it to Slave and jumper the new HDD to Master. Install the new HDD so the it is connected to the end of the ATA/IDE cable with the old HDD connected to the inner IDE connector.
When you have both drives hooked up, you can use Carbon Copy Cloner to copy your old HDD exactly onto your new HDD. After the copy over and all is working well on your new HDD, re-initialize the old HDD and henceforth use it as a PS scratch disk and/or a back up drive.
This all involves a little effort and maybe $100. This is far less an investment than the least cost for a new iMac. Now if you were looking at a full upgrade program for your G4, I'd say go with the iMac. But, if the only current issue is HDD size, just replace the HDD.
Good luck,
Carl B.

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Ok.
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Problem description:
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Should I upgrade my 2008 iMac from 10.6 to 10.7 or 10.8?

I'm wondering (a) should I upgrade at all and what to and (b) if I do can I go back to 10.6 somehow?
(a) I would like to have increased connectivity between my iMac and iOS devices via iCloud, and I like the new Mail app in Lion/ML. Anyone got experience with older iMacs running Lion or ML? How well do they cope? Any advantages or disadvantages of note?
If a lot of people find that performance is really bad on similar iMacs the following is not relevant. (I have increased RAM to 4GB (max) and have a 320 GB HDD)
I was thinking of some ways to upgrade that might allow me to just see how the iMac handles a new OS and still allow me to go back to SL if it slows down too much.
1. Install Lion on a partition. If it works well install Lion onto whole system, if not delete partition.
2. Install Lion on whole system and if slow go back to 10.6 via a Time Machine backup (doubt that would work).
3. Install Lion on whole system and if slow go back to 10.6 via a backup in other software (CCC for example – which I don't have yet – might work?).

First check that your Mac meets the System requirements for Lion...
Lion Tech Specs > http://support.apple.com/kb/SP629
See here to Buy it...
http://store.apple.com/us/product/D6106Z/A/os-x-lion
If so Contact Apple in your Country to Purchase a Lion Download code...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57
In the US...
1-800-MY-APPLE or 1-800-676-2775
Be sure to make a Backup of your Current System Before Upgrading...
Also... Check here for compatibility of 3rd party Software you may be using... Also note that Rosetta is no longer supported in Lion.
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table
You should also consider more RAM... Lion is a hungry beast...
You can use these Links to check which RAM is suitable for your Mac...
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/apple/memory/
If in the UK... Go to http://www.crucial.com
It is Important to get the Correct and Matching RAM
Those sites also have videos on how to Install RAM should you need it...

Should I upgrade the hardware or replace the laptop?

I have a late 2006 model Macbook that I received in Decemeber 2006. I'm interested in purchasing a new Macbook, but am also wondering whether I should instead upgrade the hardware? The Macbook seems to always be pushing itself harder than it should as the fan is always audible and always has been, so much so that when I use Skype the person on the other line can't hear me very well because of it. It heats up like crazy too at every use. Sometimes it runs so slowly that it can take 45 minutes to even just close some tabs and windows down as it has to think about it first (spinning beachball). I'm in Uni at the moment and have been for a while now and would love for my laptop to run like it used to when I first got it, or even be able to update it's software (but even that's not possible because it's hardware isn't compatible). I've transferred a lot of my data onto an external harddrive to free up some space and help it run better, but it's still pretty slow in comparison to today's computers.
Any ideas?

i would suggest going for a new Macbook or a refurbished one from Apple.
normally, i would suggest upgrading the RAM and swap the hard drive for a SSD. unfortunately, that might not even work for you.
once you upgrade your apps to the current version, they tend to be more memory and processor intensive.
so upgrading your macbook might be a waste of money.
again, those are my thoughts and you can either go with it or ignore it.....
If you own a late 08 Macbook Uni like I do, then I would suggest to upgrade the RAM and go with a SSD to give it a couple of years more but because you have a 2006, buying a new one would be a better option especially if you want to install Mountain Lion.
good luck..

HT1338 I have an older macbook pro running OSX 10.6.8. Should I upgrade the OS?

SHOULD I UPGRADE FROM 10.6.8?

10.7 or above will not run your PPC based programs, so that's a cost.
10.7 or above will need 4GB or more RAM, so that's a cost.
10.7 or above is slower than 10.6, so that's a cost in performance
If your machine is out of AppleCare, then if 10.7/10.8 hoses your machine somehow (like it did mine), then your screwed and have to buy a new one.
If the machine originally came with 10.4 or 10.5, then you certainly don't want to upgrade past 10.6.8 and slow it down, just run it until the wheels fall off.
I only advise Early 2011 machines and later to upgrade to 10.8, then only under AppleCare.
Apple is issuing security updates for 10.6, installed anti-virus, and it has about 30% version market share, so your safe for now.
Harden your Mac against malware attacks
Security Issues Warning List
Read for maximizing your Snow Leopards performance/repair etc
Why is my computer slow?
For Snow Leopard Speed Freaks
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_pro?view=documents

Should i upgrade from ios 7.1.2 to 8.1

sir i have question my 5s still on ios7.1.2 should i upgrade to ios 8.1 or keep my ios 7.1.2 because i hear many problem and bug on ios 8.1 and about battery issue im so scared because when i go to 8.1 i cant downgrade anymore so please please advice this make me frustration about 5 days what i must do thanks before

Lucianus98 wrote:
thanks for reply my question i just wanna know about ios 8.1 kill iphone 5s battery and how about bug ?
I had an iPhone 5s with iOS 8.1 on it and I didn't notice any more or less battery life. I don't know what "bug" you're referring to.
I recently upgraded to an iPhone 6 with iOS 8.1 and I do notice better battery life. But I think that's due to the new phone, not iOS.

Flash CSE VS Flash 8, should I upgrade?

I am using Flash 8 now and about intermediate user, should I
upgrade to CS3 since I have not mastered 8? Don't really know what
the advantages would be.

Adobe's prices everywhere outside the USA are out of line.
I'm in Hong Kong, where there is no sales tax and no VAT. But I am
still irked by the fact that an upgrade to Flash CS3 costs a full
US$100 more in Hong Kong than in the USA. Don't tell me about
shipping costs. Surface shipping even a partial container from the
USA to Hong Kong costs LESS per unit than sending it in unionized
trucks from LA to New York.
So it costs me less to ask a friend in the USA to buy Flash
for me at full retail, PLUS tax, and to spend $35 sending it to me
by mail or FedEx, than to buy it locally.
Meanwhile, Adobe and other software companies scream and cry
and wonder why there is so much computer software piracy in my part
of the world. Every time software companies try to rip me off I am
SOOOO tempted to take the tram down to my local computer center and
spend US$2.60 for a bootleg, fully cracked copy of Flash. No, I
won't really do it. But if they'd just set the prices the same
worldwide, I wouldn't feel that angry temptation at all.

Should i upgrade to IOS 8.3 for IPAD2. my current version is 7.1.2

should i upgrade to IOS 8.3 for IPAD2. my current version is 7.1.2 and ipad2 is 64gb,wifi +3g

Do not do it! I just recently upgraded. My ipad 2 is super slow. All the efforts to speed it up/optimize didn’t help much. iPad 2 doesn’t have enough memory and cpu is not powerful enough to handle ios 8. Apple made bad call releasing it (or the intention was to brick old hardware so people go to stores to buy newer hardware). To make matters worse iOS 8.3 is very unstable – my ipad kept crushing very frequently – something I never saw before. Thank god I was able to revert to 8.2. I spent countless hours trying to downgrade to 7.1.2 only to learn that it’s impossible. I even went to Apple store to ask for help with downgrading but they just said what I already knew – it was impossible. Just like mdiamond58 said if I could downgrade to 7.1.2 I would do it in a heartbeat. Thank you Apple for changing my iPad into paper weight.

MacBook Pro often unresponsive in Mountain Lion. Should I upgrade to Mavericks?

Hi, I upgraded to Mountain Lion from Snow Leopard about a month ago. Since then, my MacBook Pro has often become unresponsive, giving me the spinning beach ball -- or doing nothing at all -- when I have just a few applications running. (Typically, these may be Mail, Safari, iTunes and sometimes Adobe Lightroom 5.) I have a 2011 MacBook Pro with a 2.7GHz Intel Core i7 and 4GB of factory-installed RAM. It was a snappy performer in Snow Leopard. I'm wondering now if I should try upgrading to Mavericks, and perhaps get a boost from the memory compression. Or will this potentially take whatever problems are slowing me down now and make them worse? Interested to hear your opinions, thanks.

Try booting into the Safe Mode using your normal account. Disconnect all peripherals except those needed for the test. Shut down the computer and then power it back up. Immediately after hearing the startup chime, hold down the shift key and continue to hold it until the gray Apple icon and a progress bar appear. The boot up is significantly slower than normal. This will reset some caches, forces a directory check, and disables all startup and login items, among other things. When you reboot normally, the initial reboot may be slower than normal.
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Should I upgrade or get a new MacBook Pro?

Here are the specs for my macbook pro I have now:
Model Name:    MacBook Pro 17"
Model Identifier:    MacBookPro2,1
Processor Name:    Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:    2.33 GHz
Number Of Processors:    1
Total Number Of Cores:    2
L2 Cache (per processor):    4 MB
Memory:    2 GB
Bus Speed:    667 MHz
Boot ROM Version:    MBP21.00A5.B08
SMC Version:    1.14f5
MacBook OS X Version 10.4.11
We got it in February of 2007 and I'm just not sure what we should do. Does anyone have a ballpark idea of what it may cost me to upgrade if I bring it into an Apple store? is it worth it? It still runs well, it's just getting annoying that the newer apps (and iTunes) won't work with this version. Luckily also have a Windows vista desktop that I can plug my iPad and iPhone into. Is my MacBook Pro capable of an upgrade? Frankly I only half understand some of the info above.
Thanks in advance for the help/suggestions.
Holly

hollyK82 wrote:
Is my MacBook Pro capable of an upgrade?
Yes, you have a dam fine machine still.
In your case, I would have a local Mac/PC computer support type backup your files and install Snow Leopard 10.6   $29
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A
I do not advise 10.7 for your machine, it's just a tad outdated for it. As I've have so learned myself on a similar machine.
1: You can choose to add more RAM to 4GB, $20+ plus installation.
2: You can choose to add a 7,200 RPM hard drive, that will increase the machines performance bit more, $100+ plus installation.
However either isn't necessary for 10.6 Snow Leopard and Apple won't do it, or if they do it's going to be a huge charge.
So you would have to do it yourself or hire a Mac geek locally. I advise the local Mac geek if your not familiar with computers.
With 10.6 your going to see a remarkable speed improvement over 10.4 and for $29 is the cheapest performance upgrade you can do.
Unfortunatly your going to have to get new versions of software, but you don't have to buy Office.
https://www.libreoffice.org/
So a ballpark figure, anywhere from $29 if you self-install Snow Leopard, to $180 or so plus whatever the computer guy charges.
If you find a Mac person who's good with computers you can likely get something he needs, like more memory or another hard drive.
FYI: I was quoted $600 by a Apple Authorized Reseller to replace my hard drive and $435 by Apple to upgrade the RAM from 4GB to 8GB
I got a drive myself for $300 (at the time) and more RAM for $80 and installed both myself.
So I'd say your likely looking at about $300-$350 with present drive and RAM prices including labor with a local Mac computer type.

Should i upgrade from photoshop cs3 extended to photoshop cs6 non extended

hi im just wondering should i upgrade from photoshop cs3 extended to photoshop cs6 NON extended...... would i loose options from my extended version?
also i dont use photoshop cs3 that much, does anyone think its worth me upgrading?
thanks
lee

Good day!
I think I read that with 2013 the upgrade path would be shortened, so you are probably not eligible for upgrading anymore.
Apart from that the benefit of purchasing the current version of Photoshop naturally depends on what you are doing with Photoshop (both in terms of which features you use and how much you use the application overall).
Smart Objects have been improved quite a bit, Puppet Warp is an interesting feature, Configurator allows for the easy creation of custom Panels that can combine Tools, Commands, Actions etc., …
But to judge the programm yourself you could just install the trial – mind you, the trial is Photoshop Extended, so you may want to consult the Reference on which features you would not get with Potoshop Standard.
You might also want to look into Cloud Licensing – or at least »Adobe« wants you to …
Regards,
Pfaffenbichler

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