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Mach One · 28th Jul 2017, 11:04 am

I hate to use the word "Vintage" with this machine but it is certainly well out-of-date. I have just picked up this bargain machine in order to replace a PowerBook G4 which I have had since new and which is finally on its last legs. I would have loved to have bought a new machine but this would be prohibitively expensive not to mention that all my programmes would need replacing.

Anyway, it's in really good condition but I have since discovered that it is of course USB1! So getting material on and off it in the usual fashion is painfully slow. I was toying with getting a USB2 PCI card and fitting that and wondered if anyone with experience of this machine and this little issue could enlighten me which card to go for?

28th Jul 2017, 11:04 am	#1
Mach One Heptode Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, UK. Posts: 611	"Vintage" PowerMac G4/800 (2002) I hate to use the word "Vintage" with this machine but it is certainly well out-of-date. I have just picked up this bargain machine in order to replace a PowerBook G4 which I have had since new and which is finally on its last legs. I would have loved to have bought a new machine but this would be prohibitively expensive not to mention that all my programmes would need replacing. Anyway, it's in really good condition but I have since discovered that it is of course USB1! So getting material on and off it in the usual fashion is painfully slow. I was toying with getting a USB2 PCI card and fitting that and wondered if anyone with experience of this machine and this little issue could enlighten me which card to go for?