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I dont say that you have to get MorphOS, but if you are tired of other OS’s slowness. AmIRC runs on MorphOS! Best IRC client ever for me Best MPlayer (multimedia) player for any platform. Turning off machine can be done thru the menu and it happens instantly. There is no loading or delay as in other operating systems!…ħ. Can edit almost everything without beeing an scientist.ĥ. Switching between screens in MorphOS (AmigaOS) is so much better done than on other platforms!Ĥ. Its very fast on my 1.5GHz MacMini PPC machine!ģ. MorphOS feels like an operating system should!ġ.

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I use MacOSX, Android, Windows 7 and MorphOS daily and have to conclude that in the end of the day. My little G4 PowerBook? It's on here! Ha ha ha ha ha.I have to say that MorphOS, must be one of the best OS’es I’ve ever used. It will not run on a MacBook (though I'm sure someone will find a hack) because it doesn't yet have a dedicated video graphics card. Just to throw one more thing in, take Final Cut Studio.

My PowerMac G4 was a refurb, and it came with the one-year warranty.

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PowerBook G4 12-inch | PowerMac G4 Dual FW800 | G4 Mac mini Mac OS X (10.4.9) 1.5 GHz SD/AP/BT/1.25GB Personally, you have a solid machine with a PowerBook G4 versus the MacBooks.Ĭase in point (no pun intended- 'case'), see this news this week: My 12-inch PowerBook screen was replaced just a few weeks ago under warranty, so if you go with a refurb, you're covered! Remember, all refurb Apple products directly from the Apple Store (online) are as good as new. If anything happens with it, you are covered. If you buy a refurbished unit from the Apple Store, it comes with a one-year warranty exactly the same as a brand new MacBook. The con side of the refurbished PBookG4 is that if it breaks down, you could end up spending more for repairs then a new MacBook. My little G4 PowerBook? It's on here! Ha ha ha ha ha. You get what you can afford, and then.? You get what you pay for. PowerBook G4 or MacBook Pro?).īut again, it comes down to price for you, as you pointed out. I never would have even considered the iBook G4, why I also didn't want a MacBook.

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(Remember how I turned down the MacBook Pro because of price and went for the PowerBook G4. Though it seems that the consumer MacBook would surpass the professional PowerBook G4 since it's newer, which I beg to differ personally, you can look at it that way too. That would be another thing to think about, since in a way, the PowerBook G4 is the MacBook Pro in terms of feature sets. YIKES! I just realized your initial question was MacBook PRO, and not the consumer-oriented MacBook. They've updated them three times within a year of their existence! The 12-inch PowerBooks? Took about 1-2 years before they revised it (there were four speeds) a second time.Īnyway, I would suggest you also do a Google search for your question 'PowerBook G4 vs.

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However, even at that, with the way things go with technology these days and how fast they update things, it will always come into play. Of course, the MacBook would be 'compatible' with any new OS that rolls out for a good time out. I bought this G4 I'm typing on right now knowing that, well, confident that it would last me for at least 5 years, save natural disaster or something. I would imagine-pure speculation-that Leopard would crawl on a G3. Though by observation, again, Tiger runs a little slow on G3s right now unless you boost it with more RAM, and even at that (like I did with my iMac G3, had 1 GB of RAM in there), it doesn't help much.

They say that the only worry people have right now is Apple abandoning the G3 chips which also wouldn't be good for 'business' since there are still a lot of G3 users out there (like schools, like myself, etc.).