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Originally Posted by macuser_e7
I also have an iBook G3 800 and it runs fine with Panther, even with the basic 128 meg of RAM in it. You do get quite a lot of spinning beachball though if you try and do too many things at once, so it's worth investing in some more RAM.
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I'm up to 640mb in my iMac, but it's a dear old G3 450. I really don't know what to do for the best - I am told that Panther is faster, but years of using Windoze at work (and at home, I had a PC before I saw the light) has conditioned me to be cautious about putting a new OS on an old machine.
My problems are multiplying: iMovie has begun to drop frames; not often, but even one dropped frame in an hour-long wedding video is irritating. iPhoto is sloooowww, and although the speed problem has been addressed, it is only fixed in the lastest release of iLife, which requires OSX.3 . My 20gb HDD is getting very full, so that editing more than about 5 minutes of video involves shunting up to 5gb of files onto my iPod first to free up space. And I have about 1,500 family photos on the HDD too, and no CD writing capability (the 'five flavors' iMac DV+ shipped with a DVD-ROM drive).
If I'm going to spend money on my system, I need:
OS upgrade to 10.3
iLife 2004
At least a CD writer, perferably a DVD writer
An external HDD
= lots of money.
It might be time to buy a whole new system. You appear to get a lot for your £700 with an eMac ... I'm tempted. However I'd also rather wait until I have a little more money to spend. We're moving home long-distance this year,
which won't be cheap ...
