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<blockquote data-quote="pokeman89" data-source="post: 907915" data-attributes="member: 121289">I am looking at a 700MHz eMac that I can purchase for $60. I believe it is the baseline model, it comes with 512MB RAM, a 40Gig HD, and a 700MHz PowerPC G4 processor. I will be connecting it to the internet via Ethernet port at a 30Mbps connection. So here comes the big question: How will it perform?I know it is almost 9 years old, but I am just buying it because I prefer macs to do some applications such as video editing. How will this handle iMovie '05 or something like that, and what about photoshop? I also would like to know whether or not I will have internet troubles due to a slow processor. I have two PCs one with a 2.4P4 and the other with a 2.4 Celeron, but I heard that the powerPC processors had more performance than the equivalent pentium processors. By about how much? I certainly do not expect it to outmatch the P4, but I am hoping it will come close to the Celeron, that thing is horribly slow.I know it is impossible to compare processors running two different OS's, so when the G4 runs OS X Tiger will there be crappy performance or will it run smoothly? What are the G4's strong and weak points?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pokeman89, post: 907915, member: 121289"] I am looking at a 700MHz eMac that I can purchase for $60. I believe it is the baseline model, it comes with 512MB RAM, a 40Gig HD, and a 700MHz PowerPC G4 processor. I will be connecting it to the internet via Ethernet port at a 30Mbps connection. So here comes the big question: How will it perform? I know it is almost 9 years old, but I am just buying it because I prefer macs to do some applications such as video editing. How will this handle iMovie '05 or something like that, and what about photoshop? I also would like to know whether or not I will have internet troubles due to a slow processor. I have two PCs one with a 2.4P4 and the other with a 2.4 Celeron, but I heard that the powerPC processors had more performance than the equivalent pentium processors. By about how much? I certainly do not expect it to outmatch the P4, but I am hoping it will come close to the Celeron, that thing is horribly slow. I know it is impossible to compare processors running two different OS's, so when the G4 runs OS X Tiger will there be crappy performance or will it run smoothly? What are the G4's strong and weak points? [/QUOTE]

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