The QS 2002 1 GHz DP is a heck of a good machine. I used one for the last few years, doing lots of Photoshop and video editing (iMovie and Final Cut Express), until moving up to a G5 so as to be able to run Final Cut Studio. I still use it for many things.
The QS 2002 can do pure OS 9 if necessary, supports three internal hard drives (no size limitations) and seems just as fast as my G5 for most tasks. And it's whisper quiet. My wife uses an MDD 1.4 GHZ FW800, which is also a very nice Mac, but is noisier than the QS, and when it gets hot, it suddenly sounds like a vacuum cleaner as it cools itself down. And this MDD (because it has FW800) can't do OS 9, although it can do Classic. I have three big hard drives in my QS 2002, and it's never overheated, even on the hottest summer days. But the QS can only take 1.5 GB of RAM, while the MDD can take 2.0. (For comparison, I have 8 GB of RAM in my G5 2.0 GHz). The QS never seemed to suffer from only having 1.5 GB of RAM, even with complex video editing, so it's obviously plenty of RAM for most tasks. The 8 GB in my G5 (it had it when I got it) is overkill. But my philosophy is that you can never get too much RAM or hard drive space. Tom --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
