The price for the system was 3.2k. I typically spend about 2.5k for a top of the line PC when I upgrade. This isn't "horrible" - especially since it has 2 CPUs. I've already got a nice display. I'm not too worried about games as I've got a nice PC laptop for that.
On Apr 1, 2005 2:58 PM, dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm on day 3 with a mac and I friggin LOVE IT!!! > And I mean LOVE IT!, did I mention I LOVE IT? > haha > > Granted I just bought an older g3 off ebay just to give it a run and see how > it went but even that is as faster and certainly more stable than my dell p4 > ever was. Personally I think the apperence makes xp look like crap and things > work the way you expect them to work and you can update it without crashing > it (had 3 putes at dads work crash yesterday from ms updates) > After updating this g3 with more ram and a bigger hd and putting osx 10.3.8 > on there and buying it I have only spent less than $200, needless to say I am > very happy and cant wait to buy a big boy :) > > Installing cfm was a bit of a chore but Sean Corfield proved once again he > is a true gem and got me through it even though he is sick (hope you feel > better!), THANKS AGAIN SEAN!! > > Ray, the gf has a brand new g4 laptop and that thing just screams, I have > yet to see a pc that could even remotly keep up with it. > It's just different but so much better. > I am going to buy a kvm switch in a few minutes, I can't wait to see it on a > lcd screen:) > > I am seeing some games for macs now as well so I wouldn't discount that > quite yet but I really don't know. > > Like I said in my post on cf-comm, that I keep wanting to run system > cleaners and reboot every hour and do the usual daily things like running > spybot and virus checking, blah blah, will be hard to break those habits but > those are habits i will be glad 2 break :) > > Are you getting a good deal on that one? > > ---------------------------------------- > From: Raymond Camden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 3:40 PM > To: CF-Community <[email protected]> > Subject: Opinions wanted on PowerMac > > Anyone here made the switch from PC to Mac? How was it? I'm > considering it for a few reasons... > > Also, here are the specs of the machine I configured: > > .. Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5 > .. 1GB DDR400 SDRAM (PC3200) - 2x512 > .. 250GB Serial ATA - 7200rpm > .. ATI Radeon 9800 XT w/256MB DDR SDRAM > .. 8x SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW) > .. PCI-X Gigabit Ethernet Card > .. Apple Keyboard & Apple Mouse - U.S. English > .. Mac OS X - U.S. English > > This seem reasonably powerful enough? I currently have a Pentiun 4 3.2 > ghz. Will this be slower, faster, etc? > > So why do I want to move? Well, I'm always looking for nice write offs > to offset extra income. I haven't bought a new PC in _ages_ since it > seems like things haven't really improved much.I did recently get the > new Dell flatscreen - but that should work fine on the Mac, right? > Also, do HP printers generally work? If not, I can always keep it > connected to the PC. Anything else I should be aware of? I know I > won't be able to play PC games - but I sitll have a killer laptop for > that. > > -- > ======================================================================= > Raymond Camden, Director of Development for Mindseye, Inc (www.mindseye.com) > > Member of Team Macromedia (http://www.macromedia.com/go/teammacromedia) > > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Blog : ray.camdenfamily.com > Yahoo IM : cfjedimaster > > "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Captivate from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=52 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:152573 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
