Nick Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Rad Craig wrote: > >> Which would you pick between a G3 900mhz iBook and say a G4 667mhz >> Powerbook? > > Those machines would be had used? What video card is in the ibook? For text > and light graphics and very light audio and video the ibook is sufficient. > Any altivec enabled apps are going to shine on the G4. I personally would > chose the 667 as it is a 15" [the size is perfect, I have the dvi version] > and I can do video spanning. > > So make an inventory of what you want to do and weigh the cons and pros of > screen resolution and spanning vs portability.
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