[rescue] Powerbook Pismo G3 vs G4 upgrade?

[Thomas Gallaway]

On Nov 18, 2003, at 6:18 PM, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:

> On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Thomas Gallaway wrote:
>
>> He is doing a lot of audio editing. Not video. Mainly he is using
>> propellerheads reason and other audio applications that actually
>> use the CPU a lot.
>
> If they get a significant boost from Altivec, the G4 might be the way 
> to
> go.  It all depends on the software.

The software does use altivec. I did check and they actually suggest
getting a g4.

>> By the way he did grab it for $300.
>
> *cringe*
>
> That's a -very- good deal.

Has anybody ever done a upgrade? It needs to be shipped away and they
will put in the new chip but I wonder if it works good...