I used both a 1Ghz iMac G4 and 2Ghz iMac G5 (ALS model) in the 2000s for a lot of Photoshop work and remember them performing similarly. Both were excellent mac

I used both a 1Ghz iMac G4 and 2Ghz iMac G5 (ALS model) in the 2000s for a lot of Photoshop work and remember them performing similarly. Both were excellent machines for that particular use case and zipped through anything I threw at them in PS, especially the G5 which I put 2GB of RAM in. The PS versions I used were chiefly 7.0 and CS1, with some CS2 mixed in towards the end of the G5’s lifespan. I miss those versions so much because they sat at nearly a perfect nexus of features, responsiveness, and resource consumption. Such a stark contrast to PS CC.