Re: MAC Fans Only - some advice please

[Jim Noble <yahoo-groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve Abbott wrote:

> I want a Mac for general stuff - MS Office, surfing, and some video
> editing via firewire, Must have OSX (it looks cool).  I've been
> looking on Ebay and seem to be able to get loads of different spec'd
> machines.  Considering I'm used to a Pentium 4 3.0Ghz, what would be a
> fairly equivalent Mac G4?


Well, my 450MHz G4 Cube "feels" about a third to half the speed
of my
3GHz P4. Anything >1GHz single G4 (maybe >800MHz dual) and you'll be
right at home I reckon. Some of the G4 towers had a reputation for being
a bit on the noisy side, so might be worth digging for info (sorry I've
not had a tower model [yet]).

There are third party G4 upgrade up to about 1.5GHz with on module L3
cache which ought to speed slower models up a bit. Google for
powerlogic, gigadesigns and sonnet...

> I also want to plug it into my Dell 2001FP instead of having another
> screen on my desk.


Top choice - exactly what I've got... :-)

Jim