08-22-2007, 02:51 PM
your questions are a little confusing... you intended to use your G4 mini as an AppleTV, but because iMovie 08 requires G5+, you want to ditch a Sawtooth? Not sure how the dots connect there. Are you still thinking of using the G4 mini as a pseudo-AppleTV?
The Sawtooth is/was a great machine, but it's getting "long in the tooth" (laugh, dammit! It was a good pun!). Ditch it now while it still has a little bit of value. I'd yank the 500GB SATA and get a decent USB or Firewire enclosure for it. Since you're used to a 21" CRT (which you'll really want to get rid of), I'd say go for the 20" iMac.
The Sawtooth is/was a great machine, but it's getting "long in the tooth" (laugh, dammit! It was a good pun!). Ditch it now while it still has a little bit of value. I'd yank the 500GB SATA and get a decent USB or Firewire enclosure for it. Since you're used to a 21" CRT (which you'll really want to get rid of), I'd say go for the 20" iMac.