Il giorno 25-02-2012 16:50, Eleni ha scritto: > Thank you all for your replies. My basic needs are internet browsing, Word > processor, excel, CD/DVD burning, photo editing and some games. > > Is the G3 sufficient?
- Browsing: yes and no. On heavy sites, or full with scripts and the like, it will be sloooow. If you have patience, it's ok. ;-) (heck, I often found my G4 1,4 GHz slow while browsing - now with the G5 2,7 GHz it's fine) - Word Processor and Excel: ok, maybe somehow slow on long/big docs. - CD/DVD burning: ok (with the limit aforementioned, not at the max possible speed) - Photo editing: it depends on how big your pictures are. If they are in the range of a common digital camera, it's ok (e.g.: a 5-10MB picture is ok, a 100MB file would be slow) - Games: that's the problem. If you mean older games from the 1990s, or 2D, it might do (especially with a good graphic card). If you mean newer 3D games, not really. 3D games are the heaviest apps, performance-wise. Keep in mind the old built-in graphic cards G3 and G4 had (like Ati Rage or the like), had abysmal performance in gaming. Beefier cards like the Radeon 9800 or the GeForce 4 Titanium, OTOH, handled old 3D games quite well. When I had the G3/450 with a 3Dfx Voodoo 3 2000, I played Unreal Tournament good enough (not at the max quality setting). It's a year 2000 app, though. With the G4 1,4 GHz and a GeForce 4 Ti 4600, I played such games as Halo, Call of Duty, Star Trek Elite Force 2 (sometimes choppy but playable). -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml 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/g3-5-list
