[P1] Newbie

[don hinkle]

As the owner of a 500 MHz model iBook, a slight emendation to what Mike
wrote: I write, indeed, but I also do desktop publishing, and graphics,
in Photoshop, do artwork with a Wacom pad in Painter, make animations
with Poser's moving models, download video from my Canon into iMovie
(with no dropped frames), etc. and it seems fine. Haven't hit a "wall" yet...
-don

Mike Beede wrote:
> 
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> 
> A computer buyer should consider what they want the
> machine to do and what price they can get it for.  If all
> you want to do is listen to music, read email, browse the
> web, edit text, and for that matter develop software, the
> 500MHz G3 is probably entirely acceptable.  *Especially* if
> you cram in as much memory as you can--the disk is tens
> of thousands of times slower than the processor.  It
> may be enough of a savings to pay for Apple Care, which would
> be a Good Thing for a laptop (though the iBook is tough--I've
> never had a problem even after a two foot drop onto a wood
> floor).
> 
> If you want to do rendering, make DVDs, do a lot of
> Photoshopping, and similar CPU-intensive stuff, then look
> for a faster machine (in fact, look for a G4 or even a
> dual G4 desktop--there are some refurbs available).
> >