Re:G4 700 MHz? (Score 1)

OSX itself can be sluggish. However, application performance is generally no slower than it is under OS9 (unless it's a poor port. The point is a good one will not be slower just because it's running under OSX). Also improving the situation will be the 10.2 update.

I would say this definitely smokes a duron (I'd say it smokes a duron 200MHz faster). The key here is get lots of RAM! OSX *is* extremely ram intensive, and the more ram you have the better.

Hope this helps.