www.online-convert.com converts YouTube to MOV, and fairly quickly I might add. I've been watching YouTube videos on my 300 MHz clamshell that way.
Also, my 500 MHz Pismo can watch YouTube videos with almost no jerkiness at 240p. Same with my 800 MHz iMac G4, only not quite as much so. I'm think that it might be a virtual RAM thing, and when it comes to hard drive performance, my Pismo's 120 GB 5400 RPM Hitachi blows away the stock 60 GB drive in the iMac. YouTube mobile under Tiger works great as well. With Ubuntu, the clamshell could even play YouTube mobile videos streaming! HTML5 also speeds things up quite a bit. What kind of sick G4s do you have that not even a 1.25 GHz can play YouTube videos? Austin Leeds Sent from my iPad On Jun 17, 2011, at 6:06 PM, John Carmonne <carmo...@aol.com> wrote: > > On Jun 17, 2011, at 3:54 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: > >> >> Yes a G4 will not play Netflix, but other than that it will serve the >> average computer user. The higher end G4's WILL run Hulu, and Youtube. >> Actually even some of the lower end G4's, like my Dual 500MHZ run Youtube >> fine. >> >> If someone wants a computer 'that just works', they aren't going to want to >> mess with virus protection on Windows, and the constant work it would take >> to keep the system useable. >> >> True, a G4 system won't serve every user, but a dead Windows system won't >> serve any users. >> >> -Jonas >> > > I wish just once I could see the magic G4 500's that run "You Tube" just > fine. I have G4's from G4 500, 867, 800, 1.0, 1.2, and 1.25GHz not one of > them will play a smooth You Tube flick, plus the Bus speed is important on > them too. Even trying to run You Tube in 240 is the closest I can tolerate, > and not all You Tubes are available in 240. > > JOHN CARMONNE > Yorba Linda CA > 92886 USA > From TiBook 867 > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
