On Aug 13, 2010, at 6:24 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:
On Aug 13, 2010, at 5:40 AM, James Therrault wrote:
I'm not sure what graphics you might be referring to, (I'm not a
gamer), but I can play DVD's full screen etc without any problems.
I imagine your scrolling within large, extended windows is very
slow. With graphics acceleration you can go instantly from top to
bottom of any large window, or move up & down a frame at a time
rather than line-by-line or waiting for the window to redraw
itself. If you happen to have lots of open windows with lots of
open tabs within each window, things will grind to a halt on your
unaccelerated 16MB Rage card IF you're using Tiger 10.4+ that
support QE & CI.
That's just it... I don't have a lot of apps open and rarely have
more than three tabs open in SeaMonkey. Also, I was exclusively OS 9
until the end of 2006 when I forced myself to upgrade to OS X, which
was panther at that time. I also had a G3 466 clamshell running
Panther. Both would run DVD movies without problems.
Later, I upgraded the Gigabit to 10.4, (now 10.4.11), and noticed a
slowdown in performance but there was no going back because of
security issues etc. I'm comfortable with the way it performs but
upgrading RAM, (currently 768MB), probably would boost performance.
But at this point, I'm hesitant to put any more money into this
machine. Needless to say, the original slow 20GB hd was replaced by
a 120GB about three years ago. I've also added a 160GB which I now
remember as being formatted on a friend's G5. It was in a firewire
enclosure at the time.
Now, the clamshell was replaced a couple of years ago with a
PowerBook G4 1.25GHz with 80GB 7,200 rpm hd, 2GB ram and that thing
really whizzes pretty good. It is on Cricket 3G broadband while the
Gigabit is still on dial up. I do like all the bells 'n whistles on
the PowerBook though.
Regarding upgrading this machine which has been my faithful
companion since January of 2001, nope... Lookin' for a late Intel
Mac Mini with Superdrive, maxed out memory and a 7,200 rpm drive
which hopefully will carry me for another five years...
Good idea, an Intel Mini is probably the best deal for minimally
expensive Mac unless you can get by with an iPad. Minis are great,
I own a G4 Mini, but their weakest attribute in my opinion is the
amount of VRAM, which isn't upgradeable. Still, a Mini is the best
value in Macs with the possible exception of the iPad. Recently
Geeks.com had refurbished 1.33GHz G4 iBooks for $269 with free
shipping($30 off with code "Apple"), which is a good deal, and may
still be available? If I were you I'll look hard at the iPad. Five
years is a long time, and I'd bet an iPad holds it's value MUCH
better than a Mini over the next 5 years, and probably would be
more useful to you also?
I think that the PowerBook will serve my mobile needs for a few more
years. I bought it on eBay and it was a pristine loaded machine with
three batteries. I'm not the type that jumps on the latest thing and
am pretty traditional in habit(s). I'm not sure what a tiny 9"
screen could do for me. OTOH, a mini should drive my 22" or even a
24" monitor OK given my reduced graphics needs. I do like a lot of
real estate in front of me...
JT
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