Apple Mac Upgrades - RAM, SSD Flash, External Drives and More

Open and close 1000 windows in the finder	L2 Cache	L3 Cache	Time, Sec.

Reference Apple Systems

PM G4/350 AGP Graphics (Sawtooth)	1MB SPB SRAM	0MB	72
PM G4/400 Gigabit Ethernet	1MB SPB SRAM	0MB	65
PM G4/450 Gigabit Ethernet	1MB SPB SRAM	0MB	54
PM G4/500 AGP Graphics (Sawtooth)	1MB SPB SRAM	0MB	49
PM 2x G4/450 Gigabit Ethernet	1MB SPB SRAM x2	0MB	53
eMac G4/700MHz	256k On Chip	0MB	48

Acceleration Cards

GigaDesigns G4/800MHz	256k On Chip	2MB SPB SRAM	34
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/800MHz	256k On Chip	2MB SPB SRAM	34
PowerLogix PowerForce S233 G4/800MHz	256k On Chip	2MB SPB SRAM	33
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/800MHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	33
GigaDesigns G4/1GHz	256k On Chip	2MB SPB SRAM	30
PowerLogix PowerForce S233 G4/1.0GHz	256k On Chip	2MB SPB SRAM	29
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/1GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	27
PowerLogix PowerForce S233 G4/1.2GHz	256k On Chip	2MB SPB SRAM	28
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/1.2GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	26
GigaDesigns G4/1.25GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	24
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.25GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	23
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.3GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	23
GigaDesigns G4/1.4GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	23
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.4GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	23
PowerLogix PowerForce 2x900MHz	256k On Chip x2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	34
PowerLogix PowerForce 2x1.0GHz	256k On Chip x2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	30
PowerLogix PowerForce 2x1.2GHz (@ 1.3GHz)	256k On Chip x2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	26

Let1KWindowsBloom - a test of how fast your system can open and close 1000 windows. Shorter bars are better (time in seconds). All tests performed with millions of colors, shadows enabled, dock "hidden" and all other windows closed.