On Monday, February 21, 2005, at 01:13 PM, whshaw wrote:
Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Feb 21, 2005, at 10:14 AM, whshaw wrote:
Hello,
I have a G3-mt computer using OS 10.2.8 and I'm thinking of moving to a used G4. What should I get for persomal use, a PowerMac, iMac, eMac?
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
What do you want to do with it?
This is the MOST important question that anyone needs to include the answer when asking this kind of question on this list!!
I will use it for ordinary things, keeping finances, internet, email, digital camera pictures, writing letters. As you can see, I don't do anything elaborate.
Don't forget: for about $500 you can get a new Mini that will outdo most anything you can get for that price or more on the used market. (which will include most everything G4 and up...) Getting something that costs less up to the standards of a mini will cost more than just getting a mini, so unless you need expansion slots, (which rules out eMacs and iMacs) or fast HDD's (the drive in a Mini is relatively slow, though I'm really pressed to say it's as mnuch of a bottleneck of the system that many people portray it as), or the desire to put a bunch of hdd's into a system (which also rules out an eMac or iMac) I say go for a Mini.
I second Bruce's recommendation for the mini. Just take a look at how much storage you are currently using on your HD, then at least double that and pick your mini based upon that, and the upgrade to 512 meg of ram.
FWIW, I am checking the Apple store daily to catch one of the first minis that show up as refurb, being the cheapskate that I am. I will be replacing my beige MT (g4 533, 512meg, radeon 7000) that I use at work with it. I tinker too much with my home computer (DA upgraded with a QS 933 processor, 1G ram, 2x120G HD on the motherboard controller-just as fast as on a acard 6280M controller) to replace it with a mini.
HTH, Len
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