Datalogic Memor 000-904-416

Advantages: Comfortable, good quality sound, excellent microphone
Disadvantages: Bit bulky for my laptop bag

...Microphone: Frequency response - 80 Hz – 15,000 Hz Pick-up pattern- Uni-directional Sensitivity - -38 dB Impedance- ~2 kΩ Compatibility - with WIN 98 SE (and above) and MAC OS 9.04 (and above) I paid £80 including VAT for these... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: Cheap, Expandable, Stylish
Disadvantages: No firewire port, as time goes on clock speed may be too slow

...to set up in no time at all. They have 3 PCI slots for expandability and future upgrade cards. If installed with one of Apples developed and "stable systems (8.6, 9.0.4 and possibly 9.1) the G3 should be a joy to use. They don't have firewire, but a firewire pci card can be obtained farily cheaply and if you are going to need firewire, you may well want to get a faster computer that can do firewire justice. Beware of G3's without internal Apple 56k modems, as Apple will no longer sell internal modems, only replace damaged ones. Look around, get the highest Mhz you can (350 or 400, avoid the 300 if poss.) and make sure you compare prices and those little extras they're including.... Read review

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Advantages: Wonderful when running well
Disadvantages: doesn't run well for very long.

...I purchased a powermac G4/400MZ/128MB/10GB/250MB ZIP DRIVE/OS9 in June and I have had a great deal of trouble with it. Constant crashes, sometimes even freezes on startup with extensions off! I have virtual PC version 3 (with update) installed and have had major problems with it, difficulties printing from the virtual PC - in short very disappointing and frustrating. I get the feeling I've bought a machine with an operating system that has only half tested and been rushed out. I was advised to download OS 9.04 but it has made little difference. It's all the more frustrating when you glimpse how good the G4 can be when running well. I have had USB problems causing false freezes and some days it is just crash, crash, crash for no reason I have been able to fathom (and I have tried everything that everyone has suggested.) 128MB... Read review

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