[Tarcat]

My brother is looking to get a new computer. Either a 900 mhz G3, or a 800 mhz G4 ibook. How noticiable would the speed differnce between the two be?

[andreas_g4]

There are several threads about this issue:

http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...hlight=900+800

http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...hlight=900+800

and more...

[NYCFarmboy]

For what its worth..I saw a 800 mhz ibook on Apple's RED TAG sale place on their website.

I think only 749 bucks!

Not bad!

[pat++]

The difference wouldn't be that big... except for decoding audio/video (iChat, Divx, ...)

If he can afford it, get the G4 iBook, it doesn't seem to suffer from the logic board issue of G3 iBooks.

[polendo]

Don't mind the speed between the G3 and G4. The G3 has been prone to failure with the logic board and video. By all means try to get the G4.

[djohnson]

I was wondering the same thing and figured that getting the newer processor would be the best idea, even if it does cost a little more. Oh yeah, the rest of the machine will be update tech as well.