KingChris 0 Posted July 3, 2002 Is the APPLE IMAC G4 700MHZ 256MB/40GB/DVD-ROM/CD-RW/15FP Any good or should I get the 800mhz. I don't need a dvd r Will the 700 preform ok? Just for mainly web browsing / email etc Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wickedkitten 11 Posted July 3, 2002 700 will be fine Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kanecorp 0 Posted July 3, 2002 i have the imac g4 800MHz and i'm upset with its slow proformance Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KingChris 0 Posted July 3, 2002 One thing I noticed that the imacs only use DMA/ATA-66 seems a bit slow can these be replaced? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dazzla 5 Posted July 3, 2002 700 Should be plenty. I've only recently wanted to test out the processor so I started encoding some of my DVDs to Divx. To Rip and encode Fight Club, a two hour film, took a total of 4 hours from DVD to "Fight Club.mov". I don't know whether that's good or bad but I seem to remember my Sony VAIO taking almost a day to encode Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. Photoshop runs sweet on mine as well, I often have it idling in the background when I'm not using it ready to use. I normally have around 6 or 7 apps open at the same time simply cause I introduces no lagginess or anything to the system. So for what you're after it doing, it will be plenty. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KingChris 0 Posted July 3, 2002 Whats the price of a dvd r or DVD RW (media not drives) ??s please. As the superdrive one is only a bit more than the combo mac Chris Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dazzla 5 Posted July 3, 2002 Originally posted by chrisnelis Whats the price of a dvd r or DVD RW (media not drives) ??s please. As the superdrive one is only a bit more than the combo mac Chris b> A blank DVD-R is about ?3 or ?4 and a blank DVD-RW is about ?9. As for the combo only being slightly cheaper, is that the case? I paid ?1200 for my combo iMac. I could have sworn that the superdrive iMac was around ?1600. Edit: Well after a bit of searching I found a few cheaper DVD-r's. Dabs has a pack of 10 4.7 gb DVD-R's for ?12.50, that's a good price for 47gb's worth of data. The DVD-RW I found was ?11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KingChris 0 Posted July 3, 2002 Sorry I ment in terms of spending ?1300 on the combo ?300 is not that much more really. its only the price of the drive plus you get more hard disk and a better cpu on macwarehouse.co.uk the combo is ?1,373.58 and the superdrive one is ?1,608.58 Only ?235.00 in it now makes the superdrive more attractive. Not a bad deal but is the superdrive dvd rw or just dvd r Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dazzla 5 Posted July 3, 2002 Originally posted by chrisnelis Sorry I ment in terms of spending ?1300 on the combo ?300 is not that much more really. its only the price of the drive plus you get more hard disk and a better cpu on macwarehouse.co.uk the combo is ?1,373.58 and the superdrive one is ?1,608.58 Only ?235.00 in it now makes the superdrive more attractive. Not a bad deal but is the superdrive dvd rw or just dvd r It's DVD-RW. I bought mine from Computerwarehouse and they were pretty flawless. Fantastic customer service and quick delivery. It helps that I got a student discount knocking over ?100 off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KingChris 0 Posted July 3, 2002 Cheaper on computerwarehouse to the superdrive is ?1,568.56 I think I will get the superdrive now its dvd rw and I've found it cheaper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
