On an old 450Mhz G4, with 512MB of ram, the system runs really quite well. The only speed difference I can actually feel is menu drawing. It was a bit faster using OS9 on this machine. Responsiveness also seems to depend on what apps your running. I recently opened up IE to pay some bills on sites that didn't support Mozilla (chimera), and got a little frustrated at how unresponsive it was. So, at least in my experience, things run just fine.
Nice to see the prices on the iBooks come down a little too. $999 starting isn't bad at all. now I'm seriously considering that 14.1' iBook....then again,, the TiBooks are hard to pass up too...
The earth was here long before we came along, and will probably be here long after we are gone. It has suffered far more intensly devestating events than global warming. I may be somewhat worried about us, but the earth is going to be just fine.
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On an old 450Mhz G4, with 512MB of ram, the system runs really quite well. The only speed difference I can actually feel is menu drawing. It was a bit faster using OS9 on this machine. Responsiveness also seems to depend on what apps your running. I recently opened up IE to pay some bills on sites that didn't support Mozilla (chimera), and got a little frustrated at how unresponsive it was. So, at least in my experience, things run just fine.
Alex
Nice to see the prices on the iBooks come down a little too. $999 starting isn't bad at all. now I'm seriously considering that 14.1' iBook....then again,, the TiBooks are hard to pass up too...
Alex
The earth was here long before we came along, and will probably be here long after we are gone. It has suffered far more intensly devestating events than global warming. I may be somewhat worried about us, but the earth is going to be just fine.
Colomb
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