I think you'll find the B&W G3 to be limiting. I have a B&W G3 that,
after much debate I upgraded from 450MHz to 1.1GHz utilizing PowerLogix
upgrades. Then I loaded the system up with a gig of ram, and a ATI
Radeon 9200 Mac Edition (Their PCI Card). Loaded 10.3.8 onto it, gave
it a 7200RPM Hard drive with a 16MB buffer. And I still found it to be
lacking in WarCraft III, or loading Microsoft Word, or browsing the
web. On the other hand: I have a Sawtooth which I am in the process of
upgrading, but when it was just mine, at only 400MHz it still felt
faster than my 1.1GHz B&W, that was only in the GUI and Safari, I never
benched it, or loaded WarCraft III. I'm sure it would have not of been
as performancey as the B&W but the SawTooth has more potential! and
thats what matters here. Do you want a system that will be at the very
bottom of Apple's pile as far as the system is "technically" concerned?
or would you like a system that you could, if you wanted to, upgrade to
a dual 1.8GHz (or faster?) monster? Right now you can pick up a
Sawtooth for 200 - 300 bucks I think it's well worth the cost given the
potential. Maybe your not like me, maybe your not driven to "hot-rod"
computers to the brink of their potential. Me thats all I care about,
all of my disposable income is spent toward upgrades of that fashion.
I've been down the B&W road, and I say, that if I was to try it again,
it would not be satisfying, especially when compared to what you can
accomplish with the Sawtooth.
- Jonathan
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