I'm Switching to Apple

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  • cinder0

    A couple things:

    Flash will run ok.
    there are some things in it that aren't that responsive - but it's not too bad.
    (I've got a dual 867 G4 tower and it's fine for me)

    You definitely want to get more RAM.
    OS X loooooooves RAM.
    buy another 512MB from Crucial.com - DO NOT GO WITH CHEAP RAM
    Macs are picky about RAM - if you get a lower quality stick it could potentially cause you all sorts of problems.

    Also be warned that the SuperDrive is slower than hell.
    It burns DVDs relatively fast - but burning CDs, reading CDs and reading DVDs is noticably slower than on the standard combo DVD/CDr drive.

    Personally, I don't burn DVDs and I don't plan to so I will always go with the combo drive and use the extra money to get an external harddrive for a backup.

    Speedwise - you'll be fine unless you're really super picky.
    (I am. I want a G5 like you wouldn't believe. But then again, I've had mine for 2 years, so)

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