Have any of you tried working in OS X with a G3 on a daily basis? It is horrible! The screen redraws take forever, and simply opening programs, and even control menus takes more time than I've seen in a while. Yes yes the G4's are fine, but this incremental boost to a processor that is currently being trounced by P4 and Amd systems just will not cut it. And anyone that doesn't see this, just try photoshop on a dual 1.7 P4 and a dual 1 gHz mac. The p4 beats the G4 hands down. If Apple wants to stick with the G3, then they need to boost the next iBook rev up to 900 mHz at the least, and even then, OSX will just barely be functional. The reality of the processor market is that over time, the manufacturing process becomes better and better, yielding lower costs, thus lower prices, and that has simply not been the case with Apple. Anyone that does not see the current G3 ( and the next 3-4 speed bumps) as dated is a fool. Especially cosidering IBM had a power PC chip running at 1.1 gHz in 1998. The fact is that intel and AMD are moving swiftly along the processor ladder, while Apple works on the next "neat" computer. I don't expect comparative performance from apple, I expect it to blow the competition out of the water, something that is not happening now, or for the forseeable future. yes the G4 is better than its counterparts, BUT NOT AT THESE SPEEDS!!!!!
Death to the G3!