should i but upgrade!!!

[coolguy1382002]

I Currently have an ibook G3 800 and I was wondering how much of a performace difference there would be if i bought the new 1.25 ghz imac. Would Imovie render that much faster because of the G4? And would gaming performace be alot better (i'm a lite gamer)? All input would be appreciated!!! I will use all of ilife and alittle photoshop!!
Thanks

 

[invaLPsion]

If you bought the 1.25 GHz you would see a HUGE performance difference in everything due to the G4, the faster processor, and the 64 meg graphics card. Check xbench.com's comparison site to just see how much better it is.

 

[Kwyjibo]

i mean the gap between G4 and G3 is big but the 325 mhz jump is equally important. I went from a g3 800 to a g4 867, and the g4 is nice, but its not quite blowing anything away .... don't over emphasize just the chip change

 

[thehuncamunca]

G3 may even be faster than a similarly clocked G4 at everyday tasks due to different architecture and 512kb L2 as opposed to 256kb

 

[virividox]

big performance whole new chip plus 300 plus mhz, plus the whole cache thing