How do I make my G4 Powermac run faster?

[F Stop]

Hello everyone,

I am not really a huge computer person but I was just wondering what would make my G4 Powermac run faster? By the way, I'm running OS 9x.

Thanks.

 

[goosy22]

what are the specs on it? and what exactly do you want it to go faster for?

 

[epidemik]

Theres a program that lets you OC the graphics card. IS that the type of thing you're looking for?

For basic maintnence, Use Disk Utility and repair permisions. Or better yet, get MacJanitor to do it for you

MacJanitor: http://personalpages.tds.net/~brian_hill/macjanitor.html

EDIT: Oops missed the OS 9 part. Im sure theres still some way of doing this stuff.

 

[The_Other_One]

There is no OS 9x. I assume you mean OS 9, and not OSX(AKA OS 10)

I'm still fairly new to macs, and mine's running OSX so it's hard for me to do too much of a comparison. Of course hardware upgrades would help...RAM, faster hard drive, etc. Some macs offer other hardware upgrades, if you don't mind shelling out some cash. There are accelerator cards and what not that basically give you a new processor. However, they can run pretty high, and the performace isn't at par with other similarly spec'ed macs.

I'm sure there's some software mods you could do, but again, I don't know how to "clean up" a mac as well as a PC...

 

[JamesBart]

also what do you use it for? is it just general use or something more? most people i know who use macs are into design etc.