Hello everyone! I have a PowerBook G3 "Pismo" 400 Mhz, 384 MB RAM, 20
GB HDD, and an AirPort Card running 10.4.11 Tiger. I am more than
impressed with the performance with the machine, even though it is 8
years old! But for some tasks such as playing video or even some light
gaming, I notice a lot of lag, and CPU usage spikes to 100% Very
Quickly, even with the most basic tasks. Sometime I will upgrade. What
do you think I should do? Should I install a CPU upgrade? I have the
RAM to install, and sometime I will install it (I was too afraid to
lift up the processor to install RAM on the bottom of it). Or should I
get a dual USB iBook G3 12"? What is more economical? If I went with
the CPU upgrade for the Pismo, should I get a G3 or G4? I like
watching videos and doing system tasks frequently such as copying
files, and also other tasks such as gaming. Is getting a CPU upgrade
more economical than getting a dual usb iBook G3? I love those Dual
USB iBooks, however I get kind of scared to see that the failure
rating is so high (>70%)! I feel as if something bad happened to the
iBook like the logic board failing after the warranty expires, it will
be almost a total waste of money (If I bought it for $200, I *might*
be able to sell it for parts for like $25-50. One bad thing about the
Pismo that I can never change is the poor graphics performance, but on
the iBooks, they have good ATI Radeon 32 MB GPUs. What do you think is
the best deal? I would probably have a budget of around $250 to
Possibly $300, but leaning closer towards $200 and $250. Thank you
very all much!
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