Ahem, firewire is 400 mb/s unless I'm completely ill-informed. Am I? Tim
On 1/29/05 2:25 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wanna let everyone know...I use PhotoShop 5.5. Yeah, and also, its on a > 366MHz G3. Ive got a little over 512MB RAM. And my harddrive is what, ATA > 16.7? Definitely 5400rpm. My point is, it runs fine. I guess 5.5s a little > "old", but seeing my specs and the specs of the mini I think itll do just fine > unless you actually get paid to use PhotoShop. > Now Ive got a question about external drives. FireWire only does 50MB/s. > And the MacMinis internal drive is ATA/100, I assume. So, if you really > want good performance out of a harddrive on the Mini, should you not replace > the > internal drive, since an external drive has the potential to be slower due to > an even greater bottleneck on the FireWire bus. -- Exterminate all rational thought. -- 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
