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[zman <zman AT shell.neverwhere.org>]

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005, Deborah Ellington wrote:
> I'm ordering a new computer for my new job. I can ask for whatever I would
> like. Doesn't mean I will get it, but the odds are good. Currently I have a
> G4 Powerbook with an 800 MHz processor and 1 GB SDRAM. It seems to work fine
> but it gets a little bogged down sometimes when I am trying to edit video. I
> wish it would be a little snappier on that score. But I don't know gigahertz
> from whatever so I don't know which number should be higher in order to get
> better video editing performance. I guess it would also be nice if Photoshop
> rendered a little faster when I am doing some mega-filter thing.
>
> My other issue is I don't know that I really need a Powerbook. Can't I get
> more performance for less cost by going to a G5 tower? In my entire
> employment here I think the Powerbook has left my desk maybe three times. It
> is always connected to an external monitor on my desk. If I REALLY needed to
> take a Powerbook somewhere I guess I could just bring my personal Powerbook
> from home. So I'm leaning towards the tower.
>
> What would y'all do?

I'm a big fan of the powerbooks, but if you do already have one a dual 
processor G5 with a bunch of RAM (2GB or more) would rock your socks off.

Scott H. Zekanis
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