On Dec 7, 2008, at 6:18 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 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? It's heretical, but I would go with a P35-based Hackintosh. I still keep around a Digital Audio (upgraded to be the equivalent of a dual 1.0 GHz Quicksilver 2002) for Mail.app and other functions, but most of my work has been transferred to P35-based Hacks. Certain compute-bound work which takes a tad over an hour on my DA (or my two true QS 2002s) now take no more than 12 minutes on my P35s. This is primarily media authoring and duplication work. Yes, the upcoming OS update will exclude PPC Macs. That is a given. (It could also exclude certain early Intel Macs, although this is not a certainty). The update is deep down in the processor's power management function, which is quite different in Core 2 Intels from PPCs. Hackintoshes have already included provision for this update. That function was fully working as of a few weeks ago. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
