that a 1.25 ghz g4 isnt enough power, i have an entire lab of first and second gen g4 (400-466mhz) with slightly upgraded ram (384mb) and am having my students run photoshop and illustrator (in my 2d class) and bryce and cinema 4d (in my 3d class) these machines, while not as fast as my dual 1ghz g4, get the job done admirably. I also must say that we havent had any problems with these machines at all, period, since they were purchased. and in response to some of the comments about having a $500 headless mac by buying one on ebay... well, yes, you can but a mac on ebay, with: 450mhz g4, 100mhz system bus, pc100 memory, an ati rage 128pro (PCI 16mb video ram) and a maximum drive size of 128 gigs. now tell me how that is better then a 1.25ghz, 167mhz system bus, PC2700 DDR, a (not sure on model yet) much better graphics card and max drive size of 250 gigs.
Slashdot Mirror
that a 1.25 ghz g4 isnt enough power, i have an entire lab of first and second gen g4 (400-466mhz) with slightly upgraded ram (384mb) and am having my students run photoshop and illustrator (in my 2d class) and bryce and cinema 4d (in my 3d class) these machines, while not as fast as my dual 1ghz g4, get the job done admirably. I also must say that we havent had any problems with these machines at all, period, since they were purchased. and in response to some of the comments about having a $500 headless mac by buying one on ebay... well, yes, you can but a mac on ebay, with: 450mhz g4, 100mhz system bus, pc100 memory, an ati rage 128pro (PCI 16mb video ram) and a maximum drive size of 128 gigs. now tell me how that is better then a 1.25ghz, 167mhz system bus, PC2700 DDR, a (not sure on model yet) much better graphics card and max drive size of 250 gigs.