On Oct 16, 2009, at 7:00 PM, Nigel Saberon wrote:
>> A 900 Mhz system should be able to play back Youtube-scale movies >> without too many problems. > > My iBook G4 1.2Ghz, 1.25Gb RAM and 100Gb HD running Leopard plays > youtube videos with hiccups.. Connected to what kind of network? As I said, performance is based on both network throughput AND processor. I'll wager that if you download the youtube video and play it back it'll work just fine; my 1Ghz G4 Powerbook handles the video perfectly fine; but via Youtube it plays like crap, because I have a slow 1.5 mbps network connection. -- 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 G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
