I am encouraged by your response. Thanks for taking the time to share your experience and insights with me, that information is very useful in my thinking about this particular machine. I have purchased some memory for the machine and have decided against the advice given by my good friend and will give it a go.
Thanks! On Jun 17, 2009, at 6:04 PM, Arnel Tuazon wrote: > > On 17/06/09 4:56 PM, "Meghrouni Vince" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> It is a dual core, "late 2005 series". Sounds like good news to me. >> >> I don't like the idea of not being able to keep up with the latest >> OS, >> but that's my own lack of computer savvy considering my own needs. >> My >> uses are similar to your stated uses, except I don't do video >> editing. >> If I started with some video editing, however, it would advance some >> of my causes. The plan is also to do audio work via Pro Tools on >> this >> machine as well, and to my knowledge that will not require being down >> with the latest and greatest OS. >> >> This machine was meant to keep me in the digital world until I can >> get >> on board with the Intel. At $650 I figured it would give me >> processing power, memory, etc., to do what I intended to do until I >> had the dough to make the "next step". The hope was that I'd get a >> good three or four year run. Maybe this wasn't such a naive idea? >> >> Thanks for your extremely useful input. One thing I do believe I've >> learned is that I don't know enough about this stuff to be buying >> used >> computers. >> >> Vince >> > The thing with Macs is they were always built with foresight. Apple > always > seem to predict what was going to be needed in the future. Look at > USB, > when the B&W came out people were saying that Apple took a gamble > going USB > only (although they did include one ADB port for use with old school > keyboards and track pads). Now everything is USB. Your G5 (I'd get > more > RAM if I were you) should last you at least 3 more years before > you'd start > considering a new machine. You'll be just fine using Pro Tools with > your > G5. As I said before always consider what you will use your machine > for > before you buy it. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
