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

Rip a 7:26 song to MP3 Format (192 Bit)	L2 Cache	L3 Cache	Time, Sec.

Reference Apple Systems

PM G4/350 AGP Graphics (Sawtooth)	1024k	0MB	94
PM G4/400 Gigabit Ethernet	1024k	0MB	78
PM G4/450 Gigabit Ethernet	1024k	0MB	72
PM G4/500 AGP Graphics (Sawtooth)	1024k	0MB	64
PM 2x G4/450 Gigabit Ethernet	1024k x2	0MB	50
eMac G4/700MHz	256k	0MB	56

Acceleration Cards

GigaDesigns G-Celerator G4/800MHz	256k	2MB SPB SRAM	48
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/800MHz	256k	2MB SPB SRAM	47
PowerLogix PowerForce G4/800MHz	256k	2MB SPB SRAM	47
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/800MHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	47
GigaDesigns G-Celerator G4/1GHz	256k	2MB SPB SRAM	40
GigaDesigns G-Celerator G4/1GHz (@ 1.2GHz)	256k	2MB SPB SRAM	36
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/1GHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	39
PowerLogix PowerForce G4/1.2GHz	256k	2MB SPB SRAM	36
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/1.2GHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	36
GigaDesigns G-Celerator G4/1.25GHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	35
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.25GHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	34
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.3GHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	33
GigaDesigns G-Celerator G4/1.4GHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	32
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.4GHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	32
PowerLogix PowerForce 2x900MHz	256k x2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	36
PowerLogix PowerForce 2x1.0GHz	256k x2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	32
PowerLogix PowerForce 2x1.2GHz (@ 1.3GHz)	256k x2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	30

Time to rip a 7:27 192kbps MP3 file using iTunes3. Shorter bars are better. A fantastic test showing the abilities of G4 processors utilizing AltiVec. Think about it - extracting audio at over 16x - this is just fantastic! Archive your entire CD collection in a weekend - you can do it!