Upgrade of Power Mac G4 - Sawtooth (Dual 500 MHz)???

[AlexHall74]

Hey everyone,

I'm requesting a sanity check.

I have a Power Mac G4, Gigabit Ethernet, Dual 500 MHz processors, 100 MHz Bus, OsX 10.4.3, 768 MB RAM.

My current DAW is a PIV 2.4 GHz - 1 GB RAM, Win XP Pro, M-Audio 2496, ESI Maya 44.

I am using Tracktion 2 as my sequencer (will work on PC and Mac).

I'm thinking about upgrading the Mac. Sort of as a science project, sort of because I want to use it for tracking and the PC solely as a software instrument.

Upgrades I'm considering for the Mac are:

(1) Upping the memory to 1.5 or 2 GB (around $200 - $250). I have read that this model of Mac will support 1.5 GB RAM under OS9 but will go up to 2 GB under OSX. If this is true I'll go for the whole 2 GB.

REF: http://macramdirect.com/g4powermac.html

(2) Replacing the dual 500 MHz chips with a Giga Designs 1.8GHz G4 Processor Upgrade for AGP - $279

REF: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...DME:L:RTQ:US:1

Part of me says to sell both machines and use that money + the upgrade money to buy one new/fast powerful PC DAW.

The other part of me says to upgrade this G4 and see what it can do.

I am not worried about having the biggest baddest DAW in the world, just a reliable and capable machine.

Plus, it would be nice to have the Mac to use when my PC is down.

Thanks for any insight you can provide.