Okay, G3 vs G4

2005-04-20 Thread Beniamino Cenci Goga
Well, I have EndNote 8 and Word 2004 installed on this Aluminium 1 GB RAM... a 1 MB Word file with several images pasted... bloody slow... This morning I had to use at the lab my old Kanga (250 MHz G3 with 160 MB RAM) and I tried the same Word (with Word 2001) file with the same library... it s

Re: G3 vs G4

2002-11-21 Thread Dustin
>> I'm assuming you are comparing a PowerBook G4/500 to an iBook/800. I'd go with the iBook/800 12'' screen with a CD Burner. It's "newer", smaller, and has QE capabilities the latter of which would benefit the things you said you wanted to do with it. -Dustin -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: G3 vs G4

2002-11-20 Thread wappling
RE; yes,these two machines are fairly close in price,Im ubdecided which is better? >> I'm assuming you are comparing a PowerBook G4/500 to an iBook/800. > -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | --

Re: G3 vs G4

2002-11-20 Thread discoveryarts
on 11/20/02 4:29 PM, Dustin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm assuming you are comparing a PowerBook G4/500 to an iBook/800. OOPS sorry I belong to too many lists =) thought this was the g-list -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://w

Re: G3 vs G4

2002-11-20 Thread Dustin
>Hi all,an opinion question,for web surfing and mpeg downloading and >playing,is a G3 800 as fast or faster than a G4 500mhz machine running >OS10.2 ? thankyou in advance In OS 10.2 everything will be a bit faster on a G4, but I'm not sure about that big of a clock speed gap. If you are going to b

Re: G3 vs G4

2002-11-20 Thread discoveryarts
Depends if your G3/800 is an upgraded PPC or a Beige or a B&W ...all three have dif bus speeds 46(50)/66/100 respectively. (a G3 upgrade usually decreases the bus speed a little in a PPC, in my 9600/umax600 experiences) A PPC w/G3 800 and a PCI video card I dont think will compete that well

Re: G3 vs G4

2002-11-20 Thread Jeremy Derr
On Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 06:29 PM, wappling wrote: > Hi all,an opinion question,for web surfing and mpeg downloading and > playing,is a G3 800 as fast or faster than a G4 500mhz machine running > OS10.2 ? thankyou in advance for the uses you list, there isn't much difference between the

G3 vs G4

2002-11-19 Thread wappling
Hi all,an opinion question,for web surfing and mpeg downloading and playing,is a G3 800 as fast or faster than a G4 500mhz machine running OS10.2 ? thankyou in advance -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Driv