Re: Which would be the better Mac?

2011-03-18 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Good choice. You can also put a processor in that DA from a Quicksilver. The video card is upgradable as well. Also, some of those eMacs didn't have very good displays, especially for what you will use it for. -Jonas -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for

Re: Which would be the better Mac?

2011-03-17 Thread Daniel Stewart
Well I appreciate all the advice. I have a lot more to think about now. What got me started on all this was the fact that my Blueberry Apple Studio Display CRT(the one that went with the Power Mac G3 BW) is no more and I thought I might be able to get what seemed at least on the surface a faster

Re: Which would be the better Mac?

2011-03-17 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 17-03-2011 9:29, Daniel Stewart ha scritto: I thought I might be able to get what seemed at least on the surface a faster Mac Yes... in part. Because the G4 DA has more cache: - iMac 1GHz: 256KB L2 - G4 DA 733MHz: 1MB L2, 1MB L3 Besides, you could have (or get) a faster video card in

Re: Which would be the better Mac?

2011-03-17 Thread Daniel Stewart
Thanks everyone for your input and wonderful advice. So I have decided to keep my DA 733mhz Power Mac which I got for a steal btw. I got it used for $25 because it had no HDD and had only 256MBs of RAM. I got it to it's current state with spare parts around home. I will save up for a 512 MB

Re: Which would be the better Mac?

2011-03-16 Thread skinnie
Unless the E-mac was like 50eur or so I would preffer to invest in the powermac... 512Mb PC133 ram as said is dirt cheap this days...and will give you a nice boost vs the 512Mb that you have now... If you need some advice on upgrades, read the powerpc faq that I made on Macrumors

Re: Which would be the better Mac?

2011-03-16 Thread Miguel Garcia-Gell
Mac are made for Graphics and Video. My first was a BW G3 400mghz and G4 AD 733mghz was next for Video Edition...every one with better resault My Sony Vaio 1.7mghz with 2gb of ram. But try The MDD G4 series...still can kick some PC's On Mar 16, 2011, at 1:18 AM, Scotty

Re: Which would be the better Mac?

2011-03-16 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 16-03-2011 6:18, Scotty ha scritto: I have a Power Mac Digital Audio 733mhz with 512 MB of RAM and I have just had the opportunity to purchase a 1.0Ghz Emac all in one. I am just wondering which computer would be more effective for my needs. I'd stay with the G4 DA, investing the

Re: Which would be the better Mac?

2011-03-15 Thread Mel
: From: Scotty daniel.stewart...@gmail.com Subject: Which would be the better Mac? To: G-Group g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2011, 10:18 PM Hi, I am an amateur photographer. I use my Mac for photo editing with Gimp and iPhoto 08 as well as for basic computer use like word