At the Apple online store, on the left column list, click on Mac Accessories to see Apple's mouse options.
I'm sure you meant G5 (since % is 5 capitalized), and if you simply search for Sketchup, Google's 3D modeling software (free or $495) and click on Download, you will see the system requirements. You meet the minimum, but not the recommended, computing power. Not to be rude, but this sounds like a lot of software power for someone who couldn't find this data themselves in 30 seconds. On Aug 28, 11:53 am, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote: > On Aug 27, 2009, at 2:56 PM, 2monet wrote: > > > > > My mac is .8 GHz Power PC G% 512 MB RAM > > > 1. Is that sufficient for sketch up? > > I'm guessing you mean an 800 Mhz G4, and it's very marginal, per their > requirements page: > > Minimum hardware > • 1 GHz PowerPC™ G4. > • 512 MB RAM. > • 160 MB of available hard-disk space. > • 3D class Video Card with 128 MB of memory or higher. Please ensure > that the video card driver supports OpenGL version 1.5 or higher and > up to date. > • 3 button, scroll-wheel mouse. > > If you have the stock video card in it, I'd say no, it will not run > Sketch Up acceptably, if at all. > > I've run Sketch Up on a 1 Ghz G4 with a gig of ram and it ran > acceptably, but I'd upgraded the video card to an ATI Radeon 9200; > that's the big thing. I'll wager it will be usable if you do that, and > kick up the RAM to at least a gig. > > > > > 2. What brand mouse should I buy. I can't find anything in the Apple > > store. > > Any old two-button scroll-wheel USB mouse is supported by OS X out of > the box. (including the scrollwheel click, which serves as the third > button.) > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
