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1 to 1.5 ghz difference? Sell old PB?

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Posted 18 June 2004 - 08:00 AM

Hi,
I own a 1 Ghz PB, 1 GB RAM. It is the old Titanium flavored one. I am thinking of getting the 1.5 Ghz PB.
I do web design, filemaker pro, and video mostly. I am pretty happy with performance but its getting slow for my tastes. I. e. I do not absolutely need to upgrate to a new 'Book but would like to.
Is the difference in 500 Mhz that much? I would like to hear from people who have used both the 1 and 1.5 Ghz PBs. I know there are major upgrades from the Titanium to Aluminum, those are great plusses, but how about the performance of the faster G4?
If I do get a new one, I would be selling the old one. Could anyone give me an estimate?
1 Ghz / 1 GB RAM / 64 MB VRAM / AP Card
2 batteries
also would sell BookEndz Dock with it.
Thanks!
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Posted 18 June 2004 - 02:37 PM

Have been a 550 Titanium owner who's jumped boats to a 1GHz 17" iMac with 768 MB as opposed to 512 MB, the difference is NOT other worldy, but welcome is some aspects. Given I doubled processor speed, increased bus speed by 33% and the same %age increase in RAM, I'd was expecting this thing to fly.
It's quicker than the PB by enough to have been worthwhile doing, but since you'd only be increasing processor by 50% and all other speeds being similar to the Ti, I'd have to say only if you jumped to the 17" for the screen size, would it be worth while doing.
Otherwise, it's going to be an expensive upgrade with nothing really to write home about.
If it were me, and it almost was - except 17" PB too expensive to reach for, then I'd hang tight until January of next year when there's a god chance you'll see a G5 PB. Not guaranteed, but I'd be surprised if there wasn't a changeover to the new processor rather than ANOTHER speed bump.
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