We do not have the 'wait 10 weeks and maybe get the rebate
special' but the RB developer pricing is in that range without the
rebate.
$100 is darn good pricing for an *additional* 1G Apple Certified Ram.
Remember it's a 667MHz DDR2 (PC2-5300) SO-DIMM single stick.
Shipping is usually about $20.00
I think getting the additional RAM is a good move.. it has made a big
difference in overall performance on the new Intel Macs - compile
times are quite a bit faster as well..
- Jay
On Mar 7, 2006, at 6:43 PM, Keith DeLong wrote:
Thank you Jay. I appreciate all your service to the RB and Mac
community.
Looking to the future (and hoping a UB RB beta comes sooner than
later), I'm
thinking I may be able to live with the 20% loss under Rosetta. I'm
hoping
you're right and it'll be about a wash compared to my 1.25DP G4.
We've just moved offices and added another staff member so we can't
spring
for another PowerMac just yet. I'm a little embarrassed to ask you
about
your developer pricing as I know Apple recently hasn't given
resellers much
margin. With my Amazon Prime membership, they will deliver (2nd
day) a 20"
Intel iMac for $1550. The price includes a $150 rebate. An
additional 1GB of
Ram is $100. Does your developer pricing fall anywhere near this or
do you
have any alternate suggestions?
Thanks for your advice and input,
Keith DeLong
We have plenty of iMac Intels and MacBook Pro's in stock. I would be
happy to do some testing for anyone that is interested.
We are finding that compile speeds and builds are about 20% less on
Intel based Macs than on a iMac G5 2.1... You mileage may vary. In
some cases it made almost no difference and in some cases it was
more, so 20% less is about average I would say.
That being said, the iMac G5 2.1 is considerably faster than a G4
Dual 1G so that may add some perspective (due to G5, video, system
bus, hard drive etc)
We will have the new Mac Mini's in stock tomorrow so I will be doing
some bench testing on those as well.
Our built apps run decently on the Intel Macs and the people on this
list who have sent us their apps for speed tests are getting
reasonable performance times running their apps.
For us however - we use RB *heavily* so it was worth our investment
to get PowerMac G5 Core Duo's... Speed is 2x that than on a iMac 2.1
G5, so that's would I would recommend as a development system if it's
in the budget.
*** Don't forget we have RB developer pricing on hardware and
software..
Jay Wooten, President
Visual Dynamics, Inc. - Authorized Apple Specialist
www.visdyninc.com
321-773-7788 w
321-773-9604 f
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Everything is easier on a Mac!
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Mac OS 10.4.5
On Mar 7, 2006, at 3:21 PM, Keith DeLong wrote:
I know this was discussed a few weeks ago. I'm looking for an
update...
Is anyone running RB2006 on the last generation G5 iMacs and/or the
new
intel iMacs?
I know they need more memory to run RB well. I'm looking feedback on
saving/running/compiling speeds under Rosetta verses the G5 with
larger
projects.
I have to purchase an additional Mac in the next week or so. I'm
worn out
with the slowness of RB2006 on my G4DP 1.25 PowerMac so a 50% speed
hit
under Rosetta sounds like death to me. I hate to guy a G5 this late
but I
have to stay productive while I pine away for UB version of RB late
in the
year.
Any real life experience on or off list would be really appreciated,
Keith DeLong
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