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Sonnet Announces New Upgrade for Old Macs

Posted by pudge on from the old-macs-never-die-they-just-become-expensive-to-upgrade dept.

Hrvat writes "In a somewhat surprising move, Sonnet Technology announced the release of a 1GHz G4 ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) upgrade for the old Beige G3s. Since the old G4 ZIF upgrades maxed out at 500mhz (and they were compatible with Beige G3, Blue and White G3 and the PCI graphics G4), this is a huge jump. The upgrade is pricey, though ($700) and I am not sure that I am willing to dish out that kind of cash just for a processor upgrade." Update: 04/15 19:15 GMT by J : In related news, here's a review of three non-ZIF CPU upgrades, at Inside Mac Games. For what it's worth, last month I bought Sonnet's 1.2 GHz CPU for my AGP Power Mac, easy install, it's working fine so far. Mmmmmm, framerate.

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  1. How to make an expensive make even more expensive by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Buying upgrades for macs is literally, throwing good money after bad. By the time you upgrade the cpu, the video card (quartz EXTREEEM), pay for OS 10.2 (you do PAY For your os upgrades, don't you?), you are left with a machine that costs nearly as much as a new one, but has crippled old buses.

    Save your pennies, buy a new mac. Better yet, take your pennies and buy a PC and run Linux.

  2. Re:Mac processor upgrades by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Some guy upgrades his computer and you're excited? You're such a loser!