[jettpuff]

I know everyone has their opinions, but before I decide, I'd like to get as many pros, cons and opinions as possible.

I am trying to decide between a PowerMac G5 and a Powerbook G4. I don't travel, and the portability of the Powerbook is more of a convenience factor than a necessity (it would be nice to take it with me on vacations to download pictures or video or watch movies). I plan to use the computer primarily for amateur level video and photo editing (using Final Cut and Photoshop) and I don't want to get bogged down with a slower processor of the Powerbook either. Suggestions, recommendations and opinions are all welcome. Specifically, is the G4 much slower than the G5 for these applications?

Thanks

[chris v]

The Powerbooks are sleek and pretty powerful, for a notebook. Quiet, small, well-built, and a pleasure to take on the road. The Powermac G5 is a massive, noisy, behemoth. That said, a dual G5 will stop its hiney in Photoshop and video applications. There's no comparison speed-wise, and it's not just the processor speed. It's also the RAM speed, the bus speed and the hard-drive speed. There's many many engineering differences that make a Dual 2.0 more than twice as fast as a single 1.5 at most tasks.

Also, consider Powerbook max. RAM = 2GB. Powermac G5 max. RAM = 8GB. Hard drive is also twice as big.

CV

[nate_02]

It would be great to have a G5 for video editing, but in my opinion if it is for ametuer editing, a PowerBook will work just fine. It is very convenient to be able to travel with your PB. I use mine all the time for Photoshop work and Final Cut and it comes in very handy on the go.

If your budget allows, you could consider a lower end PowerBook or iBook for on the go things and a G5 for your video editing.