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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
Windows user looking to migrate to Ibook
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<blockquote data-quote="Aptmunich" data-source="post: 78217" data-attributes="member: 3850"><p>Well, starting with your processor question:</p><p></p><p>The G3 processor is the oldest of the bunch (G3,G4,G5) and basically lacks the altivec engine that gives quite a performance boost in apps that use it. So if you get a G3 iBook, you'll get less than stellar performance whilst ripping in iTunes, encoding films etc.</p><p></p><p>The G4 processor is the most current iBook processor (no G5 yet in the 'books, they're too hot) and its advantages over the G3 just give an extra performance boost.</p><p></p><p>But for your needs I'd think a 600Mhz G3 sounds alright.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aptmunich, post: 78217, member: 3850"] Well, starting with your processor question: The G3 processor is the oldest of the bunch (G3,G4,G5) and basically lacks the altivec engine that gives quite a performance boost in apps that use it. So if you get a G3 iBook, you'll get less than stellar performance whilst ripping in iTunes, encoding films etc. The G4 processor is the most current iBook processor (no G5 yet in the 'books, they're too hot) and its advantages over the G3 just give an extra performance boost. But for your needs I'd think a 600Mhz G3 sounds alright. [/QUOTE]
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