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powerbook or macbook pro

i have a single 1ghz powermac g4 and it is relly slow with you tube...but that could just be because uts inly running with 16mb of vram :eek:so to you powerbook g4 owners hows youtube and other flash and java sites with your 32-128 mb of vram? also only reson im asking is because i know the programs i need to run will work so the internet is all thats left :p
 
hansolo669 said:
i have a single 1ghz powermac g4 and it is relly slow with you tube...but that could just be because uts inly running with 16mb of vram :eek:so to you powerbook g4 owners hows youtube and other flash and java sites with your 32-128 mb of vram? also only reson im asking is because i know the programs i need to run will work so the internet is all thats left :p
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Flash will always suck on any PPC, and it will only get worse. Nothing can improve that.
 
splitpea said:
Are you sure about that? The primary and secondary schools I attended are on the list of schools to enter the education store, and if I select one, everything appears discounted.
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strange, but im able to do that it just dosnet mean that as a student you get a discount its only for staff members, atleast thats how it is on the ca apple store :cool:
 
Can we please stop deluding ourselves here and come back to reality:

PPC sucks. There is no reason to buy a computer with a PPC in it. It is old, outdated technology, and runs like **** with newer Mac OSes. All PPC computers have been EOL'd and you will not get any hardware support from apple. Why would you waste money on this stuff? I never understood people who are like "oh you can use a mac for 5 years" Computers should be replaced every 2 years at the least.
 
zorahk said:
Can we please stop deluding ourselves here and come back to reality:

PPC sucks. There is no reason to buy a computer with a PPC in it. It is old, outdated technology, and runs like **** with newer Mac OSes. All PPC computers have been EOL'd and you will not get any hardware support from apple. Why would you waste money on this stuff? I never understood people who are like "oh you can use a mac for 5 years" Computers should be replaced every 2 years at the least.
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2 years, relly, i suppose you change whenever apple updates or as soon as something that fits you better comes out eh? well i ask you mr upgrade every 2 whene dose it all seem tomuch we are alwaas chasing the newest fsatest thing from where ever and ill admit ppc has lost some of its ede and it will comtiue to fall behind but from personal experiance no one (with the exeption of movie editors and high high end software devs) needs to upgrade every 2 most people even power users should only have to upgrade when the machine they bought new or used no longer preforms (with any kinde of effiancy and speed) the tasks that it is asked to do, in my family only me and my brother need resonably fast hardware and that is because im editing video and my brother is an obsessive gamer, but in addtion my family has been using the same desktop for atleas3-4 years and befor that and older one for 5-6 years, for school work i used a think pad t41, and now for editing im using a g4 powermac, and will contiue to use it untill my skill level is at a point when i need more powerfull hardware and then i will upgrade.
my final question is what, do you do on your new mbp that a ppc powerbook or erlier mb/mbp cant do? and judging by your sig, i say nothing.
 
hansolo669 said:
i have a question:
should i buy a 15inch powerbook g5

thanks:D
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I think you should get the Powerbook G5, dual optical drives rock:

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hansolo669 said:
i have a question:
should i buy a 15inch powerbook g5 (high res, or a older model macbook pro? i don't really need lots of power as its mainly going to be used for school work and some internet (but nit a lot) i have a more powerful desktop so, recommendations? anyone?
also note that i am on an (nonworking) high schoolers budget which (for most of the year = $0

thanks:D
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I think you should definitely get a "powerbook g5" Haha, but seriously buy a new MBP, you won't regret it.
 
thatguysmells said:
I think you should definitely get a "powerbook g5" Haha, but seriously buy a new MBP, you won't regret it.
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lol powerbook g5 :D
(not aimd at any one but; wonder if anyone read my massive rant :p)
i wold get a new mbp but most of my resources are going to a new(maby newish?) mac pro ... but thats a bit in the future. even if iDont get a new mbp one of the older ones ie peren snata rosa sould do fine as they support all of 10.6s features.

dam you guys are pulling me in so many directions :eek:

*eidt* i wrot that!!!!! meh its like 12 at night i wrot that at ....12 the other night
 
I'll definitely admit, heavy Flash/Java saturated sites like MTV or the like do put a strain on the older units, but it's definitely not a reason to shy away from the platform!

I dont think YouTube performance is anything to hinge a computer's quality on. If it costs me 1200 dollars to upgrade my minute-long homemade video watching experience, I think I can wait. 8)

In terms of the other tasks, I still use my PowerBook for all sorts of tasks! I edit photos, edit movies, and do all sorts of office productivity just fine with it. If I run my PowerBook alongside my school friends' much younger laptops, it absolutely embarrasses them with the speed and efficiency. Word loads faster, pages load quicker in Safari, I can access my files faster, and simple tasks like connecting to a wireless network are much easier with the PowerBook.

Sure, all of this and more is possible with a MBP, but for the price (currently looking to sell mine for about 300), you cannot beat the reliability and flexibility. And of course, you still have the benefits of FW800, Full-size DVI, USB 2.0, bluetooth, AND S-Video, which the MBP cannot boast :)

You'll never convince me my PB G4 is underpowered. Not for the next year or so at least :) Until there is some essential, experience-changing feature it lacks: no dice.
 
SuperCompu2 said:
I'll definitely admit, heavy Flash/Java saturated sites like MTV or the like do put a strain on the older units, but it's definitely not a reason to shy away from the platform!

I dont think YouTube performance is anything to hinge a computer's quality on. If it costs me 1200 dollars to upgrade my minute-long homemade video watching experience, I think I can wait. 8)

In terms of the other tasks, I still use my PowerBook for all sorts of tasks! I edit photos, edit movies, and do all sorts of office productivity just fine with it. If I run my PowerBook alongside my school friends' much younger laptops, it absolutely embarrasses them with the speed and efficiency. Word loads faster, pages load quicker in Safari, I can access my files faster, and simple tasks like connecting to a wireless network are much easier with the PowerBook.

Sure, all of this and more is possible with a MBP, but for the price (currently looking to sell mine for about 300), you cannot beat the reliability and flexibility. And of course, you still have the benefits of FW800, Full-size DVI, USB 2.0, bluetooth, AND S-Video, which the MBP cannot boast :)

You'll never convince me my PB G4 is underpowered. Not for the next year or so at least :) Until there is some essential, experience-changing feature it lacks: no dice.
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true :D found the same thing with my powermac (when it still had the good gfx card :mad: )

also imleaing to a mac pro for home and pb g4 / low end mbp for @school work:D

any way just a kwick thanks to every one :apple:
 
Hey

PPC is obsolete, all the new technology is moving towards Intel Architecture. Definitely go for an Intel.

If you cannot find one in your range, I have a spare MacBook (Black) lying around which if you are interested in we can talk about. I'd be looking for $700 on it. PM me if you need specs.
 
hansolo669 said:
i have a single 1ghz powermac g4 and it is relly slow with you tube...but that could just be because uts inly running with 16mb of vram :eek:so to you powerbook g4 owners hows youtube and other flash and java sites with your 32-128 mb of vram? also only reson im asking is because i know the programs i need to run will work so the internet is all thats left :p
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works fine on my 12" 1.5

if you aren't going into 3D rendering then a PowerBook will be fine for you for another year or so, I love my 12" and I will never sell it, the build quality of it is soooo much better than the Macbook and Mac Mini I used to have, they don't build computers the way they used to :(.
 
Archon Gold said:
works fine on my 12" 1.5

if you aren't going into 3D rendering then a PowerBook will be fine for you for another year or so, I love my 12" and I will never sell it, the build quality of it is soooo much better than the Macbook and Mac Mini I used to have, they don't build computers the way they used to :(.
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lol true very few computers are built the same way they used to be :cool:
and lol even if i was going into 3d rendering id still get a powerbook...cause id get a mac pro for the renders:p
but relly, nice:)

quick note oprea loads faster on my g4 than on my dual core win 7 lappy :eek: thats when you know somethings wrong.
 
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