Stolen from Toms Hardware: The ones I marked with the red dot are in recent Macs. Since relative performance on the PC can be different and the Mac cards aren't exactly the same…

Quote: Originally Posted by Eug Wanker Since relative performance on the PC can be different, and the Mac cards aren't exactly the same, this is just a ballpark gauge of perform…

Quote: Originally Posted by Lateralus And 3DMark03 isn't exactly the greatest benchmark on Earth either. Many sites are still sticking with '01 since there is far less question …

Well, I suppose a lot of this discussion depends on what kind of computer you're stepping up from. I'm going from a 667 DVI Powerbook to the 20 inch 2 gig iMac so the 9600 will be…

Quote: Originally Posted by PeteWK Well, I suppose a lot of this discussion depends on what kind of computer you're stepping up from. I'm going from a 667 DVI Powerbook to the …

Quote: Originally Posted by kcmac That's the way we looked at it. We moved up from an iMacDVSE 400. (Still use it.) We bought the rev A iMac G5 immediately when they were announ…

Quote: Originally Posted by Eug Wanker Perhaps, but overall that above graph is fairly representative of their relative performance, at least in terms of fastest to slowest. ie…

So, I got the iMac 20" finally. The Radeon 9600 with 128 MB memory rocks. Exposé is smooth even with tons of windows open. My TiBook 1 GHz with Radeon 9000 64 MB would stutter in E…

Quote: Originally Posted by hudson1 Someone had posted that the GPU choice made a sizeable difference in a QT7 movie playback under 10.4--a difference that wasn't noticed under …

EyeTV is great. There is another current topic with more details, but, in summary, it is worth it. As far as the Tivo comparison, you have more control and flexibility with EyeTV…

Meh, nevermind. FIxed with a restart.

You can get a 100GB HD for laptops now. It shouldn't be hard to find a decent hard drive for under $100. Try TigerDirect or Newegg for some of the better prices around the net.

Any regular ATA laptop drive on the market today will work. tooki

i put a 60gig drive in my rev A ibook, was a majour pain getting that thing apart but its worked fine ever since. i need to take it out and replace the stock hd in my 12" g4 ibook,…

I have the same iBook (500Mhz) and last year I replaced the 10GB hardrive with a Toshiba MK4025GAS which is a 40GB drive running (i think) at 5400 rpm. For how to do it look at th…

Quote: Originally Posted by willed I know there are older threads if I search, but capacities increase and I just wanted to check the current situation. I've got a 10GB HD in a…

Use an emply ice tray to organize the screws in the order you take them out. It makes it much easier to put them back in and hopefully not forget any. I've replaced iBook hard dri…

I also found this helpful guide: http://www.pbfixit.com/Guide/50.12.0.html

Great, thanks very much guys, very helpful. One more thing - can anyone recommend an equivalent to NewEgg.com that operates in the UK? [I'm sure I posted this before but it's di…

Finished my hard disk drive upgrade on my iBook! It now sports an 80 GB HDD, and is running smoothly! Next is the eMac... I will post some details of my iBook upgrading later on my…

Quote: Originally Posted by willed Great, thanks very much guys, very helpful. One more thing - can anyone recommend an equivalent to NewEgg.com that operates in the UK? [I'm…

Here's the iBook Hard Drive Upgrade article I promised.

*BUMP* Having finished my Finals I've now got time to mess about with this sort of stuff. Pricerunner.co.uk seemed to think this was a good deal. Any opinions?: http://www.qed-uk…

is it worth the effort? i prefer to just look at girls while waiting.

Quote: Originally Posted by Hanul Of course there are a lot of block artifacts, because of the compression, but you can recognize the actor's faces, so it's ok. Hey, you watch i…