I'm thinking of upgrading from my bulging G4 Digital Audio with a dual 800 processor. I need to decide between a fairly fast G5 tower dual or an Intel iMac (probably reconditioned), somewhere in the $1000- $1500 price range. I'm a little conflicted since getting a tower G5 would make an easy transition since all my drives and pci boards would just plug in. And I have a pair of nice LCD monitors which could be used with an iMac but are set up for a tower. So the intel would require reconfiguring drives onto several firewire boxes or larger drives and a new backup strategy. All expenses beyond the basic machine.
The Intel is tempting as current technology but I am put off a bit by the one piece built in monitor and no pci slots. Still, they are powerful and versatile with pretty powerful video boards, some of them upgradeable, I hear.. And I've heard rumors that the next OS upgrade will exclude Motorola machines. One doesn't want to be left too far behind. I do graphics and video, so the relative strengths in these fields of these two choices are of concern. Thoughts? Rich --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
