iBook - G3 or G4???

ropehnd · ropehnd #1 (**permalink**)

09-04-2007, 06:46 PM

I am looking to buy an ibook for music and wi-fi. I have a pc and all big files will be on there..i am mostly lookin for itunes and garage band. I think i am going to go with 60 gb hard drive. Will this be enough and also wat is the minimum amout of ram u would reccomend? G3 and G4 opinions and facts are also welcome. Thanks in advance. Sorry my first mac purchase.

ki99 · ki99 #2 (**permalink**)

09-04-2007, 09:14 PM

i would say 512 is getting to be a minimum for good usage, maybe even 1GB if you're running OS X Tiger. definitely go with G4 it would be much faster.

technologist · technologist #3 (**permalink**)

09-04-2007, 10:56 PM

The last couple of versions of GarageBand require a G4.

The first version would run only in a limited capacity on a G3.

torchy · torchy #4 (**permalink**)

09-04-2007, 11:24 PM

I have a 1.42 GHz PPC G4 iBook, 1 Gig Ram with SuperDrive so I can burn DVDs for back up. Running OSX 10.4.10 and will be able to update to Leopard.
iWork '08 works OK too.
I don't think you would be happy for long with a G3. Fun to play with though.

Ghostshadow · Ghostshadow #5 (**permalink**)

09-05-2007, 12:09 AM

I just switched from my g3 ibook (800mhz) to a 1.5 ghz powerbook g4 and it's a pretty big difference. My ibook ran almost everything i threw at it. But it all depends on what you're going to be doing, if you're going to be watching lots of video on the web or somehting like that, the g4 would be a better choice.

Either way, I think you'll love either one!

ropehnd · ropehnd #6 (**permalink**)

09-05-2007, 07:10 AM

thanks for the help!!

BigD · BigD #7 (**permalink**)

09-05-2007, 07:21 AM

New to Macs. Just bought a G4 iBook with only 256Mb Ram. Working fine at the moment for work with GIMP, MS Office, and Firefox. I think programs are beginning to demand G4 as minimum.

halo200 · halo200 #8 (**permalink**)

11-15-2007, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by BigD

New to Macs. Just bought a G4 iBook with only 256Mb Ram. Working fine at the moment for work with GIMP, MS Office, and Firefox. I think programs are beginning to demand G4 as minimum.

You should max out the ram for your model, 256Mb is the bare minimum you really should have, I had 256Mb in my G3 iBook that it was unbearably slow and finding ram chips for those old models were hard to find and expensive. I upgraded to a G4 iBook and upped the ram to 1.5GB and it flys! Hard to imagine using a G3 256Mb

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ropehnd #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 25, 2007 Location: Baton Rouge, LA Posts: 20	09-04-2007, 06:46 PM I am looking to buy an ibook for music and wi-fi. I have a pc and all big files will be on there..i am mostly lookin for itunes and garage band. I think i am going to go with 60 gb hard drive. Will this be enough and also wat is the minimum amout of ram u would reccomend? G3 and G4 opinions and facts are also welcome. Thanks in advance. Sorry my first mac purchase.
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Ghostshadow #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 21, 2005 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 2,065 Mac Specs: iBook G3 - You'll be missed.	09-05-2007, 12:09 AM I just switched from my g3 ibook (800mhz) to a 1.5 ghz powerbook g4 and it's a pretty big difference. My ibook ran almost everything i threw at it. But it all depends on what you're going to be doing, if you're going to be watching lots of video on the web or somehting like that, the g4 would be a better choice. Either way, I think you'll love either one!
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Member Since: Jun 25, 2007 Location: Baton Rouge, LA Posts: 20	09-05-2007, 07:10 AM thanks for the help!!
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BigD #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 05, 2007 Location: UK Posts: 17	09-05-2007, 07:21 AM New to Macs. Just bought a G4 iBook with only 256Mb Ram. Working fine at the moment for work with GIMP, MS Office, and Firefox. I think programs are beginning to demand G4 as minimum.
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