I read it, but still sorta confused since your priorities seem to ping-pong around between "I'd totally be fine running an 10 year old version of photoshop on PPC if only I had a better built laptop" and "It's MISSION CRITICAL that I be able to run Photoshop as fast and easily as possible!". Is running Photoshop, like, a job thing, or just a hobby? I guess if it's the latter and you're fine with... what's the last G4 compatible version, CS3?, then I guess go for it.
Well, there was also the web browsing thing, but if you swear it's okay on your iBook I'm in no position to argue that a slightly faster PowerBook wouldn't be better. I would simply caution, going *way back* to this:
Well, there was also the web browsing thing, but if you swear it's okay on your iBook I'm in no position to argue that a slightly faster PowerBook wouldn't be better. I would simply caution, going *way back* to this:
As I mentioned earlier, I've had a *heap* of experience with 15" PowerBooks, all the way from the 400mhz Titanium to the 1.67HR Al, and so far as I'm concerned all the Als from the 1.33's to the 1.67ghz "feel" pretty much the same speedwise. All of them were a noticable leap from a 867mhz Ti (fastest one of those I've used) but between the Als themselves the difference was pretty much negligable. (Yes, the faster one will render a DVD or something 20% faster, but for general use vs. wall clock-able tests they just don't "feel" any faster.) 1.33ghz iBooks and Powerbooks are within a few points of each other on GeekBench; granted, there are tests like Cinebench that give the Powerbook a bigger advantage because of their better video cards, but be sure to keep your expectations for improvement within bounds.