Amiga OS 3.9 or 4.1 for PPC (and is it worth it?)

[Bennymee]

Kicking around the idea of going PPC if it is really worth it in day to day living.

I'm not a big gamer these days so I primarily use simplemail, turbo calc, art department, tv paint, listening to MP3s, etc.

I'm looking to make workbench snappier and programs like simplemail faster when dealing with large files.

Is PPC really the ticket?

Is 4.1 really that much faster than 3.9 using the PPC?

I was tempted to pickup a sonnet 7200 to start cheap, but sadly they are now insane to pick one up for the limited update they give.  Spending north of 1k for a PPC should really be worth it if I'm going to go the Cyberstorm route.

I do have a mediator 3000Di with a radeon 9200 and a CS MK 3 with a SSD SATA and it still isn't fast enough ...  The relentless pursuit of speed for the last 30 years...

I would sell the Mediator setup and buy an a600 +Vampire card for the 68K software and a Samflex for the PPC route with 4.1.  The Vampire could replace your Mediator setup a lot cheaper, if the RTG drivers are ready.