# Understanding Mac mgz

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 17, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/understanding-mac-mgz/149284 "2003-01-17T19:38:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/understanding-mac-mgz/149284/1 "2003-01-17T19:38:52Z")

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So i’m in the market for a new (or used) apple box, having lots of fun picking colors and screens and whatnot, but I still can’t decipher their crazy processors and speeds.

Basically I’ve been a pc person all my life and so don’t understand how fast a ‘450 mgz g3’ really is.

I want my new/used apple to be able to do the following smoothly: fullscreen mpeg/divx playback, mp3 music, websurfing/shockwave.

Relitively minimal. I currently have a p3 500 and find its fast enough for those things, but I think its time to think different.