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<blockquote data-quote="D3v1L80Y" data-source="post: 173187" data-attributes="member: 2960">Well, Macs do tend to be &quot;useful&quot; a lot longer than other systems.&nbsp; For example, I used to run a couple of G3 era iMacs on OS X 10.3.9 installed on each of them.&nbsp; The computers were 6 and 7 years older than the OS version itself, and both ran just fine with no issues whatsoever.&nbsp; Were they as snappy as the more current systems I had, of course not...but they still performed beautifully.&nbsp; So, using that rationale, the Mac you buy today should still be a workhorse for the next half a decade or so.That feat is not always as easily reached with other OS/hardware setups.&nbsp; Macs do really hold their value and usefulness for years and years.&nbsp; Apple does make many adjustments and accomodations with regard to older systems when they design newer software and OS updates.&nbsp; You will be very pleased should you decide to expand your home computer use to the Mac.Yet, as you have already stated, I would reccommend taking some time to &quot;fiddle&quot; around with one BEFORE you make any commitment to buy one.&nbsp; Make sure that you do your own research and try to get answers to as many questions that you can before you make a purchase.And as far as your original question, while there isn't a great amount of difference between the clock speeds of the G5 chips, they are obviously progressively better and faster.&nbsp; However, if you took say a 1.6 GHz system and loaded it with 2 GB of RAM...and pitted that against a 2 GHz system with only 512 MB of RAM....you would likely find that the &quot;slower&quot; 1.6 GHz system would perform many similar tasks much smoother and more efficiently.&nbsp; With Macs, the amount of RAM you install greatly impacts the overall perfomance of your system.&nbsp; The more the better.&nbsp; So if you would decide to get a less expensive, lower clock speed model, you may want to consider upping the RAM.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="D3v1L80Y, post: 173187, member: 2960"] Well, Macs do tend to be "useful" a lot longer than other systems. For example, I used to run a couple of G3 era iMacs on OS X 10.3.9 installed on each of them. The computers were 6 and 7 years older than the OS version itself, and both ran just fine with no issues whatsoever. Were they as snappy as the more current systems I had, of course not...but they still performed beautifully. So, using that rationale, the Mac you buy today should still be a workhorse for the next half a decade or so. That feat is not always as easily reached with other OS/hardware setups. Macs do really hold their value and usefulness for years and years. Apple does make many adjustments and accomodations with regard to older systems when they design newer software and OS updates. You will be very pleased should you decide to expand your home computer use to the Mac. Yet, as you have already stated, I would reccommend taking some time to "fiddle" around with one BEFORE you make any commitment to buy one. Make sure that you do your own research and try to get answers to as many questions that you can before you make a purchase. And as far as your original question, while there isn't a great amount of difference between the clock speeds of the G5 chips, they are obviously progressively better and faster. However, if you took say a 1.6 GHz system and loaded it with 2 GB of RAM...and pitted that against a 2 GHz system with only 512 MB of RAM....you would likely find that the "slower" 1.6 GHz system would perform many similar tasks much smoother and more efficiently. With Macs, the amount of RAM you install greatly impacts the overall perfomance of your system. The more the better. So if you would decide to get a less expensive, lower clock speed model, you may want to consider upping the RAM. [/QUOTE]

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