On Friday, April 15, 2005, at 07:53AM, RP McKay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> I have a G4/500 upgraded B&W G3 with 1GB RAM, a Radeon 7000 PCI card, >>> an ample hard disk and a nice 17" Flat Panel screen. >>> I also have a 15" 800MHz iMac G4 with 768MB RAM, otherwise stock >>> config. > >One thing to consider is Tiger requires at least a 1 GHz processor G4 or >better (and of course decent BB speeds) to initiate multi-person iChat >Conference calls, > ><http://www.apple.com/macosx/techspecs/> ... and I'm guessing that goes for audio and video, as video conferencing over iChat to one person floors my 800MHz machine totally so to multiple machines the codec work to get the great sound quality that iChat offers is gonna be a big grind. This is one reason why I currently have 2 Macs on my desk! >and with the amount of HD features built into Tiger if you plan to do any >video editing then your iMac may lag a bit in comparison to >G5's... I don't really do video. I do Photo, Vector Art and Web Design mostly. I'm currently looking at learning Javascript fully so I can make Widgets for Dashboard. >otherwise, it should do fine (initial tests suggest Tiger will run >faster on older hardware than Panther does). Great news. I was very impressed with the speed bump from 10.2 to 10.3, if 10.4 offers yet more speed improvement it can't be a bad thing. >I'd personally leave the B&W running Panther. Which I might add it does very well :) -- Mark Benson http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.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/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
