Mac Mini or CPU Upgrade?

[onetruth]

Hi All,

I currently have a G4 AGP with the following specs:

OS: Tiger
CPU: 500 Mhz
Mem: 1.25 GB
HD: 2 x 16 GB SCSI and 1 X 40 GB IDE
GFX: GeForce FX 5200 128 Mb
ATA: NEC Dual Layer DVD RW

I am currently struggling with either selling my G4 and buying a Mac Mini or Purchasing a CPU upgrade. Perhaps >= 1.2Ghz from Sonnet or Powerlogix.

Could you all help me with my decision? Currenlty my G4 is adequate for my daily use.. Surfing, Burning CDs, Mail, GIMP, etc., but it tends to beach ball when iTunes is burning a disc.

Thnx

[Susurrus]

How much is the upgrade? I'm under the impression that they're like $150-200, but I don't stay up to date on them. I think you should wait a couple days until Macworld and then see if anything tickles your fancy afterwards.

Considering the general agedness of your system, I would recommend a full system upgrade. You could leave that as a headless server running VNC and shove some more HDs in it and you'd have the perfect setup.
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[onetruth]

Actually if you want anything over 1Ghz you'd have to pay 250.00 up. Yeah I fully intend on waiting for what's revealed next week.

Not really a fan of having a headless computer connected via VNC. If it's headless I use a terminal.

I appreciate your input.

Thnx.