[MacDV] 2GHz iMac v's 2.3GHz (dual) tower

[Phelim Lunny]

>The issue is POWER.
To a point. Adequate rather than optimal in my case...

'Am hoping that going from:
a 800 MHz G4, 133MHz bus,  ATI  Mob Radeon 7500 with 32MB vRAM, 1 GB RAM

to: 

a 2GHz G5, 667MHz bus, ATI Radeon 9600 with 128MB DDR SDRAM; 2 GB RAM [with
a 1680 x 1050 screen thrown in (iMac)]
will be an adequate power boost to keep FCP performing reasonably for about
$2k . 

To go with a (fabulous) dual 2.3 plus a 20" screen plus 2GB RAM is about
$3.3k 

So, unless there's a killer caveat (?), the iMac (with hack) looks like good
value.

PJ

> There is a spanning hack to make any iMac or iBook span so that is
> not the issue. The issue is POWER.
> 
> k

>> 'Am using FCP 5 on a TiBook with a 24" Dell extended desktop at the moment.
>> ('Could use a boost.)