[Mitchji]

Hi,

The only advantage of getting one gig chips is that you use less slots which means you will be able to add more in the future. Your machine has 8 slots total so if you use four slots you won’t have very many remaining. At the current prices it will cost under $50 to get the one gig chips. $50 is not much to pay for to have more remaining slots for future expansion.

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

Hi,

The only advantage of getting one gig chips is that you use less slots which means you will be able to add more in the future. Your machine has 8 slots total so if you use four slots you won’t have very many remaining. At the current prices it will cost under $50 to get the one gig chips. $50 is not much to pay for to have more remaining slots for future expansion.

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

Hi,

The only advantage of getting one gig chips is that you use less slots which means you will be able to add more in the future. Your machine has 8 slots total so if you use four slots you won’t have very many remaining.

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

[Scott Davis] “Yes matched pairs.”

Hi Scott,

The RAM is supposed to be installed in one DIMM of the pair in each bank starting from the center of the banks and working toward the outside. If you have done that and they are seated properly it has to be a problem with the chips or the mother board.

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

[Jana] “Will the imac g5 be suitable to fun final cut studio, in comparison to the powermac g5?”

Hi,

In addition to the graphic card issue dual Powermac G5 will be better than a single CPU iMac and it is more expandable.

But back to your original question for a portable solution it will be much better and cheaper than any Powerbook. If you get the model with the 20″ screen it will be pretty nice for location editing.

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

Hi,

Its a bad idea.

First if you compare the cost of the upgrade vs selling your existing machine and upgrading (particularly f you factor in the resale value of the machine) its not really that cost effective. A DP533 (that has FCP render benchmarks similar to a DP800) will probably offer similar render performance on applications that use dual processors and your total outlay will be about the same.

Second you run the chance of incompatibility. Even if it works perfectly if you every have any problems you are going to have to consider if the CPU upgrade is the culprit.

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

Hi,

Are you installing the RAM in the proper slots (paired)?

If so its either a problem with the RAM or the MB.

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

Hi,

If you don’t need to run on batteries you should consider an iMac G5 with this case:
https://luggerbags.com/G5.htm

“OK, we all wanted a G5 Powerbook… but it doesn’t look like they are going to make one this year…. so make your G5 iMac portable! After all, its only 2 inches thick, weighs 18 lbs & has a dazzling display nicer than any notebook!

Just SLIP the iLugger over the monitor, then FLIP the bag over, then after putting you mouse, keyboard and misc. items in the iLugger, just ZIP it up! SLIP – FLIP – ZIP”

Here is what a friend who edits on location and used to use a Powerbook has to say (he got the iMac after I sent him the information about the case):
“I just got my iMac today – infinitely faster than any powerbook I could have bought at three times the cost. I got the cheapest I could find: a new 1.6gHz 17″ with a CDRW/DVD and 256 RAM on eBay. I upgraded to 1GB RAM and got the iLugger bag. The total was about $1000 for everything. Thanks for the tip!”

If you get the model with the 20″ screen it won’t be that much harder to move around and working with a 20″ screen on location will be sweet.

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

Hi,

Any way to record to a hard drive via FW rather than the (very expensive) P2 cards?

Thanks,

Mitch

[Mitchji]

Hi,

You should seriously consider a G5 iMac with this case:
https://luggerbags.com/G5.htm

“OK, we all wanted a G5 Powerbook… but it doesn’t look like they are going to make one this year…. so make your G5 iMac portable! After all, its only 2 inches thick, weighs 18 lbs & has a dazzling display nicer than any notebook!

Just SLIP the iLugger over the monitor, then FLIP the bag over, then after putting you mouse, keyboard and misc. items in the iLugger, just ZIP it up! SLIP – FLIP – ZIP”

Here is what a friend who edits on location and used to use a Powerbook has to say (he got the iMac after I sent him the information about the case):
“I just got my iMac today – infinitely faster than any powerbook I could have bought at three times the cost. I got the cheapest I could find: a new 1.6gHz 17” with a CDRW/DVD and 256 RAM on eBay. I upgraded to 1GB RAM and got the iLugger bag.