Need advice on a MAC

[bubbadu]

My friends sister is selling her G3 Mac.. i checked out the system today and heres the specs...her brother (my friend) is looking to buy it and would like to run Final Cut Pro mainly on it. Heres a link of what the system looks like.

-G3 300
-64 PC100
- 6 gig hard drive
- ATI Video Card
- CDROM
- Firewire

She is asking 230 for everything with the monitor. He doesnt know much about computers but is very talented with video work. If i were bump up the ram (4 slots) and replace the HD, would he would be able to run Final Cut? Thanks guys

-Bubbadu

 

[MercenaryForHire]

$230 for a B&W G3/300? Now. NOW.

- M4H

 

[bubbadu]

Seriously?

-Bubbadu

 

[RossMAN]

At least PC100 RAM is dirt cheap but that's a slow ass machine.

I guess it's a good start then he can plunk down $1,500 for a PowerPC G4.

 

[notfred]

System Requirements


Macintosh computer with PowerPC G4 processor and AGP graphics card
- RT Extreme and Soundtrack require a 500MHz or faster single processor Power Mac G4 or PowerBook G4, or any dual processor Power Mac G4 (667MHz PowerBook G4 required for RT Extreme in DV format)


QuickTime 6.1


384MB of RAM (512MB recommended for RT Extreme and Soundtrack)


1GB of disk space required for application installation


5GB of disk space required for Soundtrack content


9GB of disk space required for LiveType content


DVD drive required for installation

 

[bubbadu]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
At least PC100 RAM is dirt cheap but that's a slow ass machine.

I guess it's a good start then he can plunk down $1,500 for a PowerPC G4.

yeah thats what i figured.. i would just drop a crapload of ram in it and then replace the HD.

-Bubbadu

 

[WarmAndSCSI]

Who the hell would buy a 300 MHz computer now-a-days??? I don't care if a Mac 300 is equivalent to a Pentium III 500 or 600, it's still ridiculous since you can get a brand new P4 or Athlon system for under $500 (with a monitor). Plus it's pretty shitty for this guy's sister to be ripping him off like that.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: bubbadu

Originally posted by: RossMAN
At least PC100 RAM is dirt cheap but that's a slow ass machine.

I guess it's a good start then he can plunk down $1,500 for a PowerPC G4.

yeah thats what i figured.. i would just drop a crapload of ram in it and then replace the HD.

-Bubbadu

Did you bother to even glance at the system requirements I posted for Final Cut Pro?

 

[bubbadu]

Originally posted by: TheUnhappyCamper
Who the hell would buy a 300 MHz computer now-a-days??? I don't care if a Mac 300 is equivalent to a Pentium III 500 or 600, it's still ridiculous since you can get a brand new P4 or Athlon system for under $500 (with a monitor). Plus it's pretty shitty for this guy's sister to be ripping him off like that.

I dont think its really his sister.. its more of her roomate i believe.. i dont know the details of where the computer came from basically... he has done some editing with his PC, but really likes using Final Cut and wanted to get this one as a second computer

-Bubbadu

 

[bubbadu]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: bubbadu

Originally posted by: RossMAN
At least PC100 RAM is dirt cheap but that's a slow ass machine.

I guess it's a good start then he can plunk down $1,500 for a PowerPC G4.

yeah thats what i figured.. i would just drop a crapload of ram in it and then replace the HD.

-Bubbadu

Did you bother to even glance at the system requirements I posted for Final Cut Pro?

Yep i did, according to what i have read, heres what they are requireing for specs.

System requirement
? Macintosh computer with an optical drive supporting CD-ROM format and minimum 300MHz or faster PowerPC G3 or G4 processor and built-in FireWire*
? Mac OS 9.2.2 or Mac OS X v10.1.1
? QuickTime (included)
? 256MB of RAM (384MB recommended for G4 real-time effects)
? 40MB of available disk space required for installation

Hmmm

-Bubbadu

 

[glugglug]

That machine is roughly equivalent to a Pentium II - 300MHz.
While you may technically be able to run FCP you will be able to draw each frame onto some film by hand before it finishes compressing it.

Actually with 64MB of RAM you can go shopping for a new computer while waiting for the OS to boot.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: bubbadu

Yep i did, according to what i have read, heres what they are requireing for specs.

System requirement
? Macintosh computer with an optical drive supporting CD-ROM format and minimum 300MHz or faster PowerPC G3 or G4 processor and built-in FireWire*
? Mac OS 9.2.2 or Mac OS X v10.1.1
? QuickTime (included)
? 256MB of RAM (384MB recommended for G4 real-time effects)
? 40MB of available disk space required for installation

Hmmm

-Bubbadu

If you don't believe me, you can read them yourself on Apple's website.

 

[Guybrush]

You don't get real time effects (cross-dissolves, etc.) in FCP 3 unless you have a G4/500 or faster processor

 

[bubbadu]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: bubbadu

Yep i did, according to what i have read, heres what they are requireing for specs.

System requirement
? Macintosh computer with an optical drive supporting CD-ROM format and minimum 300MHz or faster PowerPC G3 or G4 processor and built-in FireWire*
? Mac OS 9.2.2 or Mac OS X v10.1.1
? QuickTime (included)
? 256MB of RAM (384MB recommended for G4 real-time effects)
? 40MB of available disk space required for installation

Hmmm

-Bubbadu

If you don't believe me, you can read them yourself on Apple's website.

What about Final Cut Pro 3.0? Those specs were pulled from the 3.0 requirements...

-Bubbadu

 

[Lucky]

Originally posted by: TheUnhappyCamper
Who the hell would buy a 300 MHz computer now-a-days??? I don't care if a Mac 300 is equivalent to a Pentium III 500 or 600, it's still ridiculous since you can get a brand new P4 or Athlon system for under $500 (with a monitor). Plus it's pretty shitty for this guy's sister to be ripping him off like that.

STFU. look on ebay and you'd realize this is actually a decent deal...if you are in the market for it.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Lucky

Originally posted by: TheUnhappyCamper
Who the hell would buy a 300 MHz computer now-a-days??? I don't care if a Mac 300 is equivalent to a Pentium III 500 or 600, it's still ridiculous since you can get a brand new P4 or Athlon system for under $500 (with a monitor). Plus it's pretty shitty for this guy's sister to be ripping him off like that.

STFU. look on ebay and you'd realize this is actually a decent deal...if you are in the market for it.

Thus why my first response was "$230? Now."

A Blue & White G3 still pulls a lot of money on the public auctions.

- M4H

 

[bubbadu]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: Lucky

Originally posted by: TheUnhappyCamper
Who the hell would buy a 300 MHz computer now-a-days??? I don't care if a Mac 300 is equivalent to a Pentium III 500 or 600, it's still ridiculous since you can get a brand new P4 or Athlon system for under $500 (with a monitor). Plus it's pretty shitty for this guy's sister to be ripping him off like that.

STFU. look on ebay and you'd realize this is actually a decent deal...if you are in the market for it.

Thus why my first response was "$230? Now."

A Blue & White G3 still pulls a lot of money on the public auctions.

- M4H

If he doesnt end up geting it, I will probaly just offer the person 200 for everything... i could always use another system .. or i could just take the semi cool looking mac case and put my rig in it .. i love working on "projects" and this would be a rather interesting one because i know sh*t about macs

-Bubbadu

 

[MazerRackham]

You should just get an eMac...