Powermac G4 USB 2.0 Card Support

Thanks for the reply! I think (over time) that I will go with a 1.6, 1, or 1.2ghz Sonnet processor upgrade (for a 100$ or less), and then bump up the ram to 2gb (My latest upgrade, which will be arriving soon, will include 1GB), and a sata controller for extra internal storage. So, by then it will even more out of date, but it is fun to upgrade the ppc macs because they run differently than the intels, which I think is pretty cool. I forgot to mention, but I do own an intel iMac, the PPC was just a starter Mac a few years back, and I haven't really gotten a chance to upgrade it because the video card fried 😟. Who knows, maybe by then a quicksilver or mdd will be in my hands, but I am mostly thinking of adding onto what I have because I would basically be spending the same amount of money either way I go. Also, I placed some leftover ram from recent projects into the G4, and it showed up fine (640mb total), and then it started having kernel panics. So, I removed the ram, and then it wouldn't boot. I repaired permissions, and the error turned out to be "Invalid Volume Header". Odd, but now it is working, and I should receive the 2.0 card to tomorrow. Thanks for your help, and sorry for the extended questions in this forum. LAST QUESTION! If I buy a 450mhz dual G4 processor for about 20$, would leopard run ok on it? My total specs by then would be 1.2gb ram, 40gb 7200 6GB 7200(Storage), 64mb Radeon Pro 9000. Thanks again for the help guys, the Apple discussions have never let me down.

So, how exactly do I check to see if my G4 is compatible with the DP?

It's a revision 3! Oh well, I guess I will be saving up for a Sonnet 1GHZ. I may just use the intel iMac as a recording station for now, but I really would like to use a secondary desktop, not my main machine. Garageband should run fine on the G4 even with the 400mhz. Any suggestions?

I do agree, it was sluggish, but I also have only 256mb ram. I am running Garage '08, and added some audio clips in (to resemble my voice because I don't have a mic for the powermac yet), and it ran ok, sluggish, but it ran. I

am updating to the latest version of Garageband as we speek, and the cpu speed is of 22% because I am using VNC to display the desktop to my iMac. So, now I run into the same question I always do, Should I go for the 1ghz Processor?, and I think the answer is yes. I could either upgrade the machine I already have, or spend the money I would have to upgrade to buy an MDD. I have put 30$ into this thing in parts (which I will be receiving soon), so I will make my decission to see what the performance increase brings.

Errrr, I don't have the money to shell out to buy/upgrade a G5 right now, and really want to use the machine I already have. The only other Mac (which is extremely limited to expandability) I could use would be my 700mhz G4 iMac. Hopefully after a Ram Upgrade, and some USB 2.0 ports, the G4 will act like a 2011 mac (not), but at least it will be somewhat upgraded. A USB Mic made by Blue, and Garageband may hold me off another year with the old Powermac, hopefully. Btw, Hope you had a good Thanksgiving if you are in the US.