[Tanner31593]

Hello,

So i bought myself an oldie clamshell, just for the pure basics of simply surfing the web and doing my usual downloads and watching some short youtube at my aunts house. I figured the clamshell would be fine, but when I watch youtube videos the sound is MINUTES ahead of the video, I get better results with dial up after a couple of hours! I waited, and waited, and waited, and it never got better. My aunts toshiba can watch youtube videos fine on the same connection.
Is this the internet connection or the iBook?
I don't think it was the connection speed, it's cable, don't know the speed. I was using an airport card and was pretty close to the router.

Is it time to trade in the clamshell for something better?
I wish I would have checked this out before I bought it.
Anyway, what would be more suitable for youtube vids?
A white G3?
Titanium G4?
Anything else?
I don't want to spend more than, lets say $200 on the 'book alone.
I would be hesitant but I would go over to the dark side (PC) if anyone knows of some cheap models.

Suggestions?

Oh my clamshell s a 366mhz indigo with 320mb ram and panther, which, I thought would be fine for youtube vids. Maybe it's the browser? (safari)

Anyone know?


Thanks,
Tanner.

[technologist]

Adobe recommends a 500MHz G3 for Flash 8 or 9.
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashp...fo/systemreqs/

Sorry, but I always find it a little bit funny when someone posts, "This (more-than-five-year-old-computer) stinks at (anything.) Yeah, go figure?

[Tanner31593]

Originally Posted by technologist

Adobe recommends a 500MHz G3 for Flash 8 or 9.
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashp...fo/systemreqs/

Sorry, but I always find it a little bit funny when someone posts, "This (more-than-five-year-old-computer) stinks at (anything.) Yeah, go figure?

I would agree with you, but I think ultimately it would depend on what the specific task is.
I didn't think the clamshell wouldn't be able to handle the youtube videos, I thought that if it even loaded videos on my dial up after a while, it would on the clamshell too, but I didn't think processor speed played a real factor for some reasons. Which ultimately is why I don't know much about the internet in general, seeing as i have dial up.

So flash is what's used to play those videos?
That's really good to know, I should have thought of that BEFORE buying....
would a white 500 iBook be sufficient if i get like 384mb of ram?

[technologist]

Yeah, Youtube is Flash. (You can tell by control-clicking on one of them.)

I'd try for a little above the minimum. G3s of all stripes are pretty barebones nowadays, but the 600MHz iBooks were not only 20% faster...they also had a 50% faster data bus.