eMac/iBook performance debate
I was thinking about buying a new eMac to add a new cheap Mac to my collection of Macs at home (old iMac G3 and old PowerBook G3 at home now).
That said, after taking a close look at the new iBook G4 I'm not sure what's better for my needs.
Fifty percent of the time I just use my computers for Web, e-mail and word processing. The other 50 percent of the time I use Photoshop. That's the issue.
Right now, I usually use my PowerBook with a full Gig of RAM for Photoshop. Since the eMac can use up to a full Gig it seems to make the most sense, but the iBook uses faster DDR SDRAM ... so would the iBook perform better with Photoshop than the eMac?
That said, after taking a close look at the new iBook G4 I'm not sure what's better for my needs.
Fifty percent of the time I just use my computers for Web, e-mail and word processing. The other 50 percent of the time I use Photoshop. That's the issue.
Right now, I usually use my PowerBook with a full Gig of RAM for Photoshop. Since the eMac can use up to a full Gig it seems to make the most sense, but the iBook uses faster DDR SDRAM ... so would the iBook perform better with Photoshop than the eMac?
Comments
Out of the box, I'd expect the iBook to outperform the eMac because iBooks ship with 256 MB of RAM as opposed to 128 MB on the eMac. If you brought them both to 640 MB, the eMac would win.