Daystar ships 2GHz Al-PB G4 upgrades
updated 10:35 am EST, Wed February 15, 2006
Daystar PB G4 CPU upgrade
Daystar Technology today introduced its XLR8 CPU upgrade for the Aluminum PowerBook G4 systems, delivering up to 40 percent more speed for owners of most PowerBook G4 systems. Users place the PowerBook in a provided box, after which shipping, testing, installation and quality assurance is handled completely by Daystar's Apple Certified Technicians. The upgrade uses the latest Freescale PowerPC (7447a/b) processor, improving xBench 1.2 Scores jump from high 20's to over 50. Daystar claims the upgrade makes G4 PowerBooks run over twice as fast as Intel-based systems running current Mac PowerPC applications and that QuickTime encoding is up to 30 percent faster than Apple's first Intel-based iMacs. The XLR8 MAChSpeed G4 Aluminum CPU upgrade is available for $500 (with three-way shipping), and works with most Aluminum PowerBook G4 systems. It runs at either 1.92GHz or 2.0GHz, depending on the original clock speed of the system.
"This new upgrade provides a "non-Intel" performance choice to stranded PowerBook G4 owners", said Gary Dailey, president of Daystar. "It delivers an honest improvement in speed today, unlike the MacBooks which currently run in slow PowerPC emulation mode, and don't support Firewire 800, VirtualPC or Classic.
