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The Quicksilver Thread

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codycartoon

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Sep 13, 2002
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The Quicksilver is in my opinion the best looking powermac ever. Not to mention the 867 G4 supplies me with more then enough speed, and i am a filmmaker. I have had it for about 2 years and it has been solid and reliable.

Any Quicksilver peeps around? Any upgrades?

Quicksilver
G4 867
80 gig HD
60 gig DV
256 MB Ram
15 inch Apple Studio Display
Sound Sticks

-cody
 
I like the QS more than the MDD, but the first time I saw the G5 in person I was like Home Simpson seeing his first doughnut.


Lethal
 
Originally posted by LethalWolfe
I like the QS more than the MDD, but the first time I saw the G5 in person I was like Home Simpson seeing his first doughnut.
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Wouldn't that be Homer Simpson seeing his second dougnut? :D
 
The quicksilver 2002's are the most stable, solid machine apple has built, let alone the most beautiful.

I rarely see these machines in for service. The only thing that ever goes bad is the power supply, which is about the cheapest part you can replace.

Congrats to anyone who owns these babies. They will serve you well.

quiet, too!

-m
 
Yep, thats me. *raises hand*

933 MHz
1024MB RAM(standard 256+ 256+ 512)
60GB HD (the original shipping HD)
80GB external Firewire HD
Geforce 4 Ti 4600 (Apple model, self-installed)
Super drive
17 inch Apple Studio Display
Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 speakers
Running: Mac OS 10.3 Beta 7B85

[edit]

I have a 19 inch CRT, but the thing weighs 60-70 LB (maybe even more!) and it started to break my computer table. I have to take it off and its now sitting in a closet. That reminds me that I need to replace my comp desk...
 
I am a proud Quicksilver owner, too.
933 MHz,
512 MB RAM :(
80 + 80 + 60 GB internal HDs
one empty Firewire case for another HD
19" CRT :eek:
Soundsticks :D
Epson 740C
Formac DV/TV Studio
iPod 1st Gen. 5 GB
Scanner+Dig.Camera
Canon XM1 :D

and now new:

a PS2 with broadband adaptor connected to the net via Internet Sharing! :)
 
I have a dual 800 and it seems a good machine overall.

I've upgraded the RAM to 1.5GB and the video card to a GeForce4MX, both of which helped quite a bit.

I got quite a shock when I picked the thing up to carry it to the car. It's quite a bit heavier than the blue and white G3/400 I had been using.
 
I must say i also love my quicksilver 733 with a geforce 3 and a gig of memory it does great with room for more and i have installed the owc upgrade running at 1.33 very happy with the machine 2.5 years old. with a newer video card (with ADC ati)im hoping ill get another 2.5 years out of it. currently runs ut2k3,nascar,RTCW,MOHAA like a champ. powermacs are just a great long term investment in my opinion. in fact im getting ready to put in a pci tv card so it will take care of those chores too. best mac i have ever owned.
 
Quicksilver 867
gig ram
ATI 9000
60 + 60 Gig internal
dual apple 17" studios............

And you can't make me buy another computer!!!! I love this baby, never had a problem, and hopefully never will. I use this for 3D animation, and web stuff. G5, bah...well, maybe I'd take one of those ;) . But for the money I've invested in this box...I think it's been the greatest investment I've ever done. Hands down the finest apple product to date, I'm holding on to it till the dual 3's come out.....but even then I'll still prolly use this!!!

[edit...eerrr, addon] Hey for those of you who have upgraded your processors....should I consider going for the max, or save money and wait for the dual 3's?? I know I said I loved how fast my box is....but speed is speed!!
 
glad to hear you like your machine, i like the owc1.33 a lot and they havem at 1.4,1.467 and then there are duallies 1.25 & 1.4 so research this good before you buy and if you take enough time they will have them at even higher clocks soon so patience is a virtue with cpu upgrades. try to double what you have and then get a kick butt video card next year and your machine wll be good to go for a long time. I have mention this before but ihave been zapped 3 times by lighting through my local dsl provider,anyways a new 25$ ethernet card and im back in business. try doing that with the consumer line. it was a little scary at first spending all that money but now i know it was the computer to buy at the time! wanted a cube but they had just discontinued.
 
I love mine too!

I still have my system I got more than 2 years ago and it's still working great. (Looking forward to that speed increase when I upgrade to a G5 someday)

Never had a problem, except that twice I had a nasty crash followed by a message saying my CPU failed a test so I should take the machine in for a fix. But those were isolated glitches...cosmic rays perhaps?

Dual 800 MHz G4
GeForce 3
1.5 GB RAM/60GB HD
2xCheetahs in a striped RAID (ATTO UL3D)
22" Cinema display
 
I would agree with you in pronciple - and applogies for posting this in another msg - but you guys are probably a little more knowledgeable than me - although the whole mac things is so stratightforward that if something isnt working - then its more than likely not operational error...Ive got a G4 Quicksilver 867 - the first version, not the mirror door - it was working fine under 9.2, but ive done a clean install of 10.3, the installationwent fine - biut it will completely freeze after a few moments after startup....someone said that its the processor - i instantly thought it was the logic board - but he said that they were made before 10.3 and the processors were problemtatic and this was the issue - anyone have any recommendations of what i can do/fix it/get a new processor (these the guy also said were very scarce - id be happy to use a reliable non apple part as i know you can get processor upgrade things...) Ive disconnected the DVD drive incase that was confliciting and even booted up in safe mode - after a few mins it freezes completely :(

please help!!!
 
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