I wholeheartedly agree with Tyler and Vivec. Something to keep in mind with the upcoming PPC to x86 transition is that while Apple has claimed that current software will continue to work, that is an old ruse that they've pulled many times before. They did it with the 68k series processors to the PowerPC, they did it with OS 9 to OS X, and they're doing it now. Technically they were telling the truth but in all practicality people still ended up needing to upgrade all their software to really make use of the new platform.
If you are interested in getting your feet wet with the Mac, and you already have a nice monitor and a USB keyboard and mouse, I'd recommend trying the Mac Mini and putting it on a KVM so that you can easily switch between PC and Mac. I do that now at work (though with an older Mac) and it works quite nicely. Admittedly the Mini isn't a G5, but a maxed out Mini (1.42GHz G4, 1GB RAM, 100GB drive) at $900 is 40% of the cost of the system you've spec'd. -Kevin On 10/22/05, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would not recommend purchasing a Mac now, not when the Mac-Intel > machines are to be relased soon.If the motivation is just 'to get' a > MAC to see how the OS performs and the machine handles various tasks, > then I would definitely wait. The only way I would purchase a MAC now > is if it was very necessary for work purposes. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase RoboHelp from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=59 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:177766 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
