is this enough

[dudewheresmymac]

Hey all i was just wonder if i were to get an 867 PM G4 possibly dual with superdrive and 15" apple display off ebay would i be enough to do some MiniDV editing, garageband, burning DVDs and acting as a server for my other computers??

thanks for the help

[Grimace]

generally servers don't "serve" any other purpose besides being a server. That computer would be find for your other needs, but running it as a server too isn't necessarily a great idea.

[Counterfit]

Depends on what kind of server, but it should be fine.

[virividox]

if its a simple ftp server or a webserver for a site that isnt getting massive amounts of traffic then it should do fine.

[dudewheresmymac]

for the sever part i just want to have computer were i have backups for all my files on my laptop

[krimson]

yeah, that should be enough for those.

[James Craner]

The 867 PM G4 should be fine for iMovie and iDVD, although if you are going to do a lot of this type of work, you may find the 15" display a little on the small side, I would recommend trying to pick up at least a 17".

You are not really using the Mac as a server if you are just backing up files from time to time, the PowerMac will be fine for this.

[neut]

get another display and you'll love it. 15" is too small to be productive.


peace.

[Maclarny]

They are selling refurb Dual 867's on PowerMax (http://www.powermax.com/cgi-global/generate_css_temp.cgi?i=PM_CR_G4&t=Refurb+G4+Systems).