[Mallrat]

I found a G4 tower with a 2x superdrive, 1.25 of ram for 800 bucks on the web.

Seems like a great deal.

what do you think?

Is that fast enough for FCP 4?

[scottiB]

It's fast enough. I ran FCP3 on a 933 for a time, and it was swell.

Good deal.

[superfula]

The value will differ between a Quicksilver and MDD. The quicksilver 867 are bringing over 1000 on ebay, and the MDD a little less I think. So yeah, that's a pretty good deal

[Mallrat]

Originally posted by superfula:
The value will differ between a Quicksilver and MDD. The quicksilver 867 are bringing over 1000 on ebay, and the MDD a little less I think. So yeah, that's a pretty good deal

From the pic and specs I have given, it's the original Quicksilver.

so that means it has an ADC and VGA connector.

Can someone explain the difference between

VGA, ADC, and DVI?

I think I get it.

Anyway, would the 15 inch apple monitors that are on e-bay work with this system?

Thank you.

[CheesePuff]

ADC is Apple Display Connector and works with any of Apple's LCD's.

DVI is Digital Video Interface (probably) and it works with more of the higher-end CRT's and LCD's on the market.

VGA is good old analog, and is what every other CRT and LCD has as a connector.