PowerLogix announces 2.0GHz PowerForce G4 7447A upgrade

Give your aging Power Mac G4 a speed boost with the new 2 GHz upgrade from PowerLogix. The PowerForce G4 7447A features 512K 1:1 L2 cache and is available now for Power Mac G4 Sawtooth, Gigabit Ethernet, Digital Audio, Quicksilver and Quicksilver 2002 models and is compatible with Mac OS 9.x and OS X 10.3.5 and higher. Mac OS X 10.3.9 and higher can take advantage of the real-time thermal monitoring and Dynamic Frequency Switching (DFS) features enabled by the OS and by CPU Director, PowerLogix's proprietary software utility, which is included with purchase of a PowerLogix upgrade card.

"Motorola/FreeScale's new 7447/7447A G4 processor has allowed us to provide high performance upgrades at an extremely competitive price," said Larry O'Connor, president of OWC, master distributor for PowerLogix. "In addition to performance, PowerLogix 7447A CPU upgrades are the lowest power-consuming and coolest running upgrades in the industry. No competitor comes close."

The upgrades are currently available from Other World Computing for $399 and include a 30-day money back guarantee, in addition to a three-year warranty.

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Source: http://powerlogix.com/press/releases/2005/050809.html

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glad

What if Apple decide to solder the CPU into the motherboard, I guess that can be bypassed by using an add-on card?

August 10 2005 at 6:56 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

glad

What if Apple decide to solder the CPU into the motherboard, I guess that can be bypassed by using an add-on card?

August 10 2005 at 11:45 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Reid Ellis

It will be interesting when Apple moves to Intel. They will have to use the most powerful processors Intel has, or else users are bound to buy their own (for cheap) and plug them in! Of course, you might want to worry about power consumption and heat dissipation, especially if you have a Mini. However, after some time goes by, and we get faster processors with lower heat/power problems, it should be far, far easier for users to upgrade the CPUs in their Macs. This is the buried treasure in MacTel Land.

August 09 2005 at 10:42 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

glad

When the Mactel machines hit the street wo'nt these guys days be numbered, mind you there will be plenty of people running old PPC, so I guess they wont. Does this mean they will be looking at doing the same sort of thing on Intel, can someone enlighten me.

August 09 2005 at 3:17 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply