cypher19 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 I am selling my iBook G3 on ebay and am looking to upgrade to either a G4 iBook or a mac mini. However, i can get a mac mini G4 on ebay for much cheaper than the new mac mini intel. I would not need to run windows on my mac since i have a winodws computer allready. Is there a big difference between the older G4 processor and the new intel processor in the mac mini's now?? And if anyone has a suggestion of a computer that they think i should look into just let me know here. I am a computer science major so i would like to run photoshop, web design apps, some games, compilers for C++ JAVA and many other languages and I would like to watch movies along with that. So if anyone has any good suggestions just let me know I have a budget from 300-around 475 mabey a little bit more. Hope someone can help me thanks =# Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45325-question-about-processors/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
cypher19 Posted March 15, 2007 Author Share Posted March 15, 2007 I am also into photography so i would like a system that can handle of of that. My windows computer can handle it however since i placed my iBook on the market i used my HP and i have allready have it crash and loose all my data that i was working on once and am not keen to repeat that so i just thought that someone here would have a good solution. THanks again. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45325-question-about-processors/#findComment-323988 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 some of the main differences are that the new intel cpus (except the core solo) are dual core or more, the mac mini g4 will become out of date much quicker then the new core duos. mac mini g4s can barely run the leopard beta (from my experiences) both of them will be able to do photography stuff. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45325-question-about-processors/#findComment-323992 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cypher19 Posted March 15, 2007 Author Share Posted March 15, 2007 ok so if i go with a mac mini i should save up for the new intel one, is there any other desktops or laptops (older ones) that would work for what i need them to do? When i get the new OS leapard i will have saved up for either an iMac or a Macbook so i need one that will work for me now and then run more as a home/school server for me. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45325-question-about-processors/#findComment-323995 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 maybe an imac g5, but powerbook/ibook g4s are capable for that usage. i now realize that the 1.42 ghz mac mini will run leopard descently Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45325-question-about-processors/#findComment-324022 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cypher19 Posted March 15, 2007 Author Share Posted March 15, 2007 so a 1.42 ghz G4 processor on a mac mini would work well for me? or any G4 processor? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45325-question-about-processors/#findComment-324035 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 mainly just the any g4 over 1ghz will work for your needs, but it will barely run leopard Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45325-question-about-processors/#findComment-324042 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cypher19 Posted March 15, 2007 Author Share Posted March 15, 2007 (edited) so the intel 1.66 GHz is a lot faster than the G4 1.25? i havn't had a lot of expierence with the PPC processors however i know that my G3 was pritty fast for only having 600MHz Edited March 15, 2007 by cypher19 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45325-question-about-processors/#findComment-324047 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 the ppcs are great, but they will be outdated quickly. the 1.66 is much faster, seing as it has dual core, and a 1.66ghz clock, and an intel cpu Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45325-question-about-processors/#findComment-324080 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 I decided not to factor in things like hard drive size, as it's easier to just get a Firewire drive if you need more storage space. This is what you will gain (or not lose) from a G4 processor: 1. A dedicated graphics card. It may not be the best card, but some people want that over integrated graphics. 2. The G4 one has desktop RAM instead of laptop RAM (if Apple changed this, then I'm sure someone will correct me). 3. The G4 model will run many of the same applications as the Intel one, and because of the Intel one and Rosetta, will actually run MS Office and Adobe CS2 better (now CS3 on the other hand...) This is what you lose: 1. The G4 mini's hard drive is slower than the Intel one 2. You lose a processor (or rather a processor core) 3. As time marches on, the G4 will be phased out. Now it won't happen as soon as many on the boards here are predicting (as they love to predict gloom and doom for the PPC chips), but it will happen. Chances are it will be phased out within 3-5 years, as Apple loves to keep legacy support for its older machines. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45325-question-about-processors/#findComment-324843 Share on other sites More sharing options...
borisbadenov Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 Why not invest your money into a Hackintosh? It is considerably more configurable than a mini mac and you can use dual cores. Heck, gut your HP, install a new mobo, cpu , some ram and/or a new graphics card and voile, your own custom mac Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45325-question-about-processors/#findComment-336950 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac-mini Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 you will also lose the ability for 2gb of RAM if you are looking to go cheaper get the refurb mac mini core duo here http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebO...1.0.8.7.1.0.1.1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45325-question-about-processors/#findComment-337001 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo50 Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 G4 processors are the fastest processors on the planet. Apple said so, a few years ago, before they switched to Intel. Of course, now they say that Macs with Intel are the fastest on the planet, so I guess one of those was a lie. Hmmm... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45325-question-about-processors/#findComment-338733 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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