xfodder Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 i know basically nothing about macs, the only mac ive ever used was one i used in primary school which ran old mac os (maybe 8) because it was difficult to use i grew up thinking macs were complicated, untill i visted my uncle and had a go on his imac, now i want to get rid of my pc and upgrade to mac for life, i am looking at either a emac or a ibook. which one is the better ? emac specs 1GHz PowerPC G4 256MB SDRAM 80GB Ultra ATA drive SuperDrive ibook specs 933 MHz PowerPC G4 256K L2 cache @ 933MHz 14-inch TFT Display 1024x768 resolution 256MB DDR266 SDRAM 40GB Ultra ATA drive Combo drive ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 32MB DDR video memory out of these two which would be the better buy, i am not concerned about portablity or size, i just want a current mac which i can run panther on and use video and audio software without too much 'lagg' or problems, also is it possible to run 4 usb devices at once on ibooks and emacs, because i looked at the apple site and the ibook only has 2 usb and the emac 3, so how could i run 4 devices ? any information someone can give me would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniacid Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 well in your case emac might be your better option as it has a faster cpu and a dvd rw, but you'll still want to add a lil more ram to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forum Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 (edited) the ibook only has 2 usb and the emac 3, so how could i run 4 devices ? I just saw a usb hub yesterday, which would use one usb port and re create 4 more...its $40 canadian, so dont base your descision off usb EDIT: here 4 port usb hub or 7 port usb hub Edited March 15, 2004 by chr_is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xfodder Posted March 15, 2004 Author Share Posted March 15, 2004 thanks for the hub idea, dont know why i didnt think of that, as for adding more ram, does it use regular ram ? or do i have to buy special mac ram ? while i am on the subject, can i use pc hardware in macs, like maybe replacing the video card ? or is it special mac hardware ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuka_t Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 it should use the same ram as long as its the same specs. be sure to buy ram from companies other than apple cause they rip you off. the emac is obviously more powerful but the ibook is not far behind. you should base your desicion on whether you want the mobility and to pay extra for it. the thing about the emac and imac, the only hardware you can upgrade on them is the ram and wifi. the vidcard is soldered on and so are the hdd, optical drive, and all the other parts. if you want to upgrade these you might figure out how but doing it yourself is really dangerous and having a guy do it for you would cost an arm and a leg. Edit: have you considered a powermacG4 or a G5? the G4 shouldnt cost more than what you are paying but it dosent come wiht a monitor. it is upgradeable and i think you can put most vidcards on the market in one (special mad editions not pc ones tho). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xfodder Posted March 15, 2004 Author Share Posted March 15, 2004 oh ok, what about the ibook, would that be easier to upgrade ? or is it the same deal ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuka_t Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 same. ram and wifi only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xfodder Posted March 15, 2004 Author Share Posted March 15, 2004 o ok, doesnt matter :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuka_t Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 oh, the apple keyboard the that comes wit hthe emac has two usb ports on it already so that means you will have 4 ports (with the keyboard plugged in). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoMayhem Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 You can get a Powermac G4 pretty cheap, they are still selling them new. You could use your PCs monitor with it and have a better computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xfodder Posted March 16, 2004 Author Share Posted March 16, 2004 hey neomayhem, i didnt realise how cheap i could get a powermac g4 for, thats looks like the best deal, thanks heaps for that :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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