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Date:      Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:31:32 -0800
From:      Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org>
To:        Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu>
Cc:        powerpc@freebsd.org, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Subject:   Re: Fastest PowerPC supproted by FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <47754F14.9010809@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <p06240800c39ae42cd7e5@[128.113.24.47]>
References:  <20071227.235310.-1300543293.imp@bsdimp.com> <4774ADF7.9060407@freebsd.org> <p06240800c39ae42cd7e5@[128.113.24.47]>

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> The last G4 powerbooks are probably using a slower laptop drive,
> and that will hurt performance.

  Yep. A firewire/800 external drive would do the trick.

  For old G4 powermacs, there are a number of accelerator card options. 
Not sure if all of these exist anymore but it's a place to start:

   http://www.lowendmac.com/ppc/g4upgrades.html

later,

Peter.




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