Personally I'd say save up a bit longer and go for a low end G5 (even a refurb) and give your self a bit of future proofing.
It's probable that if you upgrade to Adobe CS2 (due in May) you will see CoreImage used for RT non destructive effects.
The good thing is you say you might buy later this year, thats good, sit on your hands just a bit longer and wait for the G5 speed bump that way there should be a surplus of dual 1.8's and 2's on the market, just don't opt for the 2.5's now that the manufacturers have indicated that the liquid cooling system will most likely have a shorter than expected lifespan.
btw. you don't say what workload you expect from your machine . . . .
:-)
On 19 Apr 2005, at 13:05, Mark Benson wrote:
I am considering buying a Mac Mini later this year, especially on the basis that Tiger is here and my pro work machine (a B&W G4/500) is about to stop being current as 10.4 is unlikely to run really well on it.
Basically I do have an iMac G4/800 which is and will remain a good machine, but a Mac Mini, probably with a 160GB external drive for company, would probably make a much better job of my pro work than my existing, and ailing, G4/500.
I know the graphics chip built into the Mac Mini is not capable of running CoreGraphics (or not last I heard anyway) but given that many recent Macs don't seem to be able to I'm not imagining this is a major problem. What I want to know is is it a joy to use, as one would hope, on a Mac Mini or are there pitfalls?
-- Mark Benson
http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson
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