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What happened to the Dual 1.42 G4's???
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apple is not selling them anymore....... you'd have to try hitting up an apple reseller. my personal opinion is you'd be better off getting a low end g5 for what you'd spend on the dual g4. if you really want the g4, try callin macmall or macwharehouse or i bet your local compusa prob still have some in stock.
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The 1.42 was always a temporary stopgap until the 970 hit the scene.
Moto was pushing them out at very low yields; most batches had very few G4s actually hitting that speed.
Moto was pushing them out at very low yields; most batches had very few G4s actually hitting that speed.
Dual 1.xgHz G4s
In my experience working on them (a local college's Apple Service center) the high-end G4s have a small percentage of problems in the processor core. We found that "normal" use would be fine (slight web browsing, maybe some word docs) but anything processor intensive (like say Mathmatical computations) and the machine would Kernel Panic. I'd stick with either a single proc G4 1ghz (its like $1299 at Apple) or wait for some reviews on the G5 before buying one. Historically Apple has had some "issues" with first model lines. (anyone remeber the first TiBooks?) But this is just my opinion based on limited observation at where I work.
In my experience working on them (a local college's Apple Service center) the high-end G4s have a small percentage of problems in the processor core. We found that "normal" use would be fine (slight web browsing, maybe some word docs) but anything processor intensive (like say Mathmatical computations) and the machine would Kernel Panic. I'd stick with either a single proc G4 1ghz (its like $1299 at Apple) or wait for some reviews on the G5 before buying one. Historically Apple has had some "issues" with first model lines. (anyone remeber the first TiBooks?) But this is just my opinion based on limited observation at where I work.
