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Subject: APPLE G4
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eumig 15.04.11 - 05:52pm
I have a G4 imac running tiger and a G4 Mac pro running leopard. Both have 1ghz power pc cpu's. I cant stream you tube videos on either of them anyone know why? My mate has an ancient windows pc running at a paltry 500mhz cpu and he can stream you tube fine. So surely it cant be a question of cpu power in my case? Videos either freeze, dont play smooth, or dont play at all. Same on both macs. * +

eumig 15.04.11 - 05:53pm
Iam at a loss to explain it. I dont get any error messages. * +

nfxcr3w 15.04.11 - 05:55pm
make sure ur flash is up to date and also graphic drivers * +

proton 15.04.11 - 05:57pm
thats because windows is not a resource hog * +

eumig 15.04.11 - 06:12pm
Well I know G4 is hardly state of the art these days but my mates pc is much older than my macs. Thought macs were meant to be ahead of their time lol? If you cant do a simple thing like this on 1ghz mac it doesnt do much to perswade me to buy a new mac if they fall that behind in just 6 years. * +

eumig 15.04.11 - 06:14pm
(my imac is cira 2004) * +

eumig 15.04.11 - 06:15pm
Ive tried updating flash on the mac pro but it refuses and says it wont run even on leopard. * +

witch1 16.04.11 - 12:02am
Hi, eumig and welcome. Unfortunately, you won't be able to update Flash, sucks I know. The problem isn't the cpu speed-its the cpu type. Its a power pc cpu and most sites need intel. If you want youtube, upgrade to an intel machine. Simple * +

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