[G4] Slow Preformance

[Jim Reamer]

>  I also use a G4, 933, 1 gig mem. Just updated to 10.3.3 and
> iMovie 4.

On Apr 16, 2004, at 7:18 AM, Dave wrote:

> What computer are you running?
>
>
> Jim Reamer wrote:
>
>> Dave,
>>     I bought a Western Digital 120 gig external drive about a year ago
>> specifically to use as an iMovie scratch disc and I've been very
>> pleased. I also use a G4, 933, 1 gig mem. Just updated to 10.3.3 and
>> iMovie 4.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Apr 14, 2004, at 7:15 PM, David Whipple wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> Just want to thank you for G4 lists, I've been looking for help for a
>>> long time.
>>> My G4 933 w/ max ram of 1.25 gigs is slowing down a lot. I running OS
>>> 10.2.8
>>> and I do a lot of DV editing in iMovie 3.0.3 and that is very slow. I
>>> am down to
>>> about 7 gigs of disk space(out of 60). I really don't want to take 
>>> off
>>> my working file at this
>>> time. I was thinking of getting a 200 gig drive. Would that take care
>>> of the problem
>>> or is iMovie 3.0.3 just not optimized for the G4 or is OS 10.2.8 not
>>> optimized
>>> for the G4? Are they more geared towards the G5s? Anyway I would like
>>> to know
>>> way would be the best type of drive to get for the 933.
>>>
>>> Thanks again,
>>>
>>> Dave  W.
>>>
>>>
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