> I know I need one, am PC based but fancy dipping a toe in Mac waters.
> Is there any point in me getting a 12" G4 Powerbook as a solution to
> both or am I opening a can of worms trying to get my PC desktop and a
> G4 to talk?
>
Far be it from me to encourage another interminable Mac/PC slanging match, but I'm compelled to question all this "go for a Mac you won't regret it" stuff, because I've been there: after years of PCs (started with a Viglen 286, 20Mb HD, wow...) I got a s/h Mac G4 to dip a toe myself in the Mac water, and frankly after a year I'd had enough. No doubt my own inflexibility was to blame in part, but I found it quirky, non-intuitive, unreliable (it crashed far more than any PC I've had) and just not worth the effort. This year I got a new PC laptop & desktop, with far better spec for the money than Macs would have provided, and I have fast, powerful, good value computing with heaps more software available than is available for Mac. Sure, those Powerbooks are prettier than my Toshiba, but who cares? I earnestly suggest that you should question this dangerous impulse to experiment with a Mac: like taking that first drag of a cigarette behind the bikesheds, I urge you not to do it! Life's too short, stick to PC and get on with shooting pictures, not learning (and re-learning) each new Mac OS when it emerges every few months, then spending every bleedin' night on the Internet learning how to deal with the bugs...
Regards, Tony H
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