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<blockquote data-quote="buzz" data-source="post: 1960096" data-attributes="member: 6777">The Mini will handle all of this. As for a comparable Intel CPU, the G4 is probably a bit more powerful than a Pentuim 4 of similar Ghz.What really matters, though, is that the Mini uses a 2.5 inch hard drive, i.e., the kind you find in laptops. Consequently, it's not going to perform as responsively as a standard 3.5 inch drive (and you're not going to find 2.5 drives bigger than 80GB yet).Really, when you figure in the cost of a monitor, keyboard, added RAM, etc., you're looking at roughly the same cost as a G5 iMac, a machine that has a processor that's a generation ahead, a better drive, and has more user-upgradeable innards.However, if you already have a omnitor and keyboard or can find good deals on them, you can save some money and still get a Mac, i.e., the best computer on earth. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="buzz, post: 1960096, member: 6777"] The Mini will handle all of this. As for a comparable Intel CPU, the G4 is probably a bit more powerful than a Pentuim 4 of similar Ghz. What really matters, though, is that the Mini uses a 2.5 inch hard drive, i.e., the kind you find in laptops. Consequently, it's not going to perform as responsively as a standard 3.5 inch drive (and you're not going to find 2.5 drives bigger than 80GB yet). Really, when you figure in the cost of a monitor, keyboard, added RAM, etc., you're looking at roughly the same cost as a G5 iMac, a machine that has a processor that's a generation ahead, a better drive, and has more user-upgradeable innards. However, if you already have a omnitor and keyboard or can find good deals on them, you can save some money and still get a Mac, i.e., the best computer on earth. :) [/QUOTE]

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