Power Mac G4

Started by artfart, Oct 26 2007 02:26 PM

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#1 artfart

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Posted 26 October 2007 - 02:26 PM

today i went into a computer store and i saw a power mac g4 running OS X tiger for $189.99.
should i buy???
i think its a good deal but i would like to get some opinions of owners of said computer.
Thanks

-Art

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#2 poloxskier

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Posted 26 October 2007 - 06:32 PM

What speed G4 was it? If you are wanting to do any photo or video editing I would highly recomend that you get a processor no slower than 1.5Ghz and plenty of ram or the ability to upgrade it. Also make sure that the room that you put a g4 powermac in is well ventilated as they do have a tendancy to overheat. Despite that problem they are truly a great computer they just need certain conditions to perform properly.

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#3 Dr Frankenstein

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Posted 27 October 2007 - 08:40 PM

No matter what speed it has, G4 and other PowerPC processors are now obsolete in Macs, they have been replaced with Pentium processors. Newer applications will soon drop PowerPC support.

189.99 is still a good deal, though.