Andrew Litt writes, <Hi. I am planning to get a new mac over thanksgiving weekend. I have a few questions.
First, does the Apple Store do any thanksgiving promos? My computing uses are for video editing, photoshop 8, macromedia suite mx 2004 and running http, ftp, imap and smtp servers. What should i get. 20 inch G5 imac, dual 2.0 ghz tower or a dual 2.5 ghz tower.> If these are the kinds of projects you do, and that's the kind of budget you have, where you can consider buying a beautiful brand new G5 -- frighteningly but wonderfully huge from my standpoint -- if I were you I'd go all out and buy the whole hog (the 2.5 tower). This assuming space on your desk or wherever you use your computer for a tower (to wit: the reason why I wanted and bought a G3 of the desktop persuasion rather than a tower was precisely for space considerations). Here's why I'd get the 2.5 if I were you: I can't tell you how many posts I've seen on these LEM lists -- I sub to this list and the Powerbook List now, and I also used to sub to the PCI List and I've even been on the Swap List -- from people posting about processor upgrades; where to get them, how much they cost, how to install them, how to troubleshoot them and so on. Everybody wants more and better, and from what you say it sounds to me like you're going to be running a lot of computer intensive applications and doing a good deal of multitasking. Yeah, better processors than this will no doubt be released in the future, but if you can afford even a 2.0, can a 2.5 be that much more? Especially if it keeps you from having to upgrade for awhile? So if I were you, I'd get the Mac with the best processor you can to start off with, even if it doesn't come with the monitor of your dreams. Or maybe you can negotiate with the salesperson concerning the monitor; in any case, you can always buy another, bigger monitor another time, right? And you can probably find those cheap and used, which I'll bet won't be the case with the 2.5 even if Apple does run some kind of Thanksgiving holiday special sale (sorry, I don't know if they'll be doing this). My goodness. Have fun with that thing!! :-) ~Yersinia. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
