On Saturday, Sep 28, 2002, at 05:51 Europe/London, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> My setup: > Dual 450 Mhz G4 (Gigabit Ethernet/Sawtooth) > 512 MB of SDRAM > OS X.1.5 > OS 9.2.2 > 30 GB Hard Drive (17.23 GB Unused > 17" Apple Studio Display LCD Flat Screen > DVD-ROM > ATI Radeon 8500 I just read a review of the 1GHz Dual Mirrored tower (that's mirror(ed?) drive bays) in MacFormat (UK MAc Mag of Maximum big-up respect). Apparently Apple's quoted figures for Photoshop bench tests of the G4 1.25GHz Dual Tower are 2.06x the speed of a G4/500 SP. That seems pretty disappointing to me, especially considering Photoshop 6 and 7 are considered one of the best optimised packages for AltiVec and that no-one ever quite gets near Apple's figures in real-world work. If it was me I'd stick to the 450DP. It's a nice machine as it stands and has a good graphics card. More RAM (1-1.5GB depending on budget) and a bigger, faster hard disk on an ATA/133 PCI card will probably do wonders for your systems speed. Also OS X 10.2 will also you could easily replace the DVD drive with a DVD/CD-RW or DVD-RAM drive. I personally recommend (and you can ignore me if you like) you upgrade and bide your tie for a while. If you have a machine like that it really isn't going to offer a massive speed boost. 10.2, ATA133 and more RAM will make your existing system better at a fraction of the cost however. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: <http://fpm.gotdns.com> Mac LC Central -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
