I would chip in that you need a good screen for graphic desgin work, which would steer me towards an iMac. Buying an equivalent screen with a Mac mini would cost about the same in total as an imac.
Darren Morgan wrote on 10/6/09 at 12:40 >If your G5 has been working fine for you, it sounds like a Mac Mini >would do the job. > >Alternatively, you could buy any of the Macbooks (Pro or not) and plug >in an external display so you'd have two monitors. > >In the office, I hook up my MBP to a 22" Samsung monitor and an old >eMac keyboard and mouse. 's very nice. > >Darren > > > > > >On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Carole Cornish ><[email protected]>wrote: > >>Hi >> >>We are going to buy 2 x new computers/screens for our graphic design >>studio. >> >>We now have G4 and G5 with very good but old 22 inch deep screens. >> >>>Hardware Overview: Machine Model: Power Mac G5 CPU >>>Type: PowerPC G5 (3.0) Number Of CPUs: 1 CPU Speed: >>>1.8 GHz L2 Cache >>>(per CPU): 512 KB Memory: 768 MB Bus Speed: 600 MHz >> >> >>We do not have much problem with speed as lots of our work is text >>based and we do not do multimedia, we send that to our freelancers. We >>use photoshop for images for exhibition/poster work and and even that >>works fine. >> >> >>What do we buy? Can we buy laptops and plug in flat screens and >>keyboards. >> >> >>regards >> >>Carole Cornish >> >>[email protected] >> >>tel: 01892 662010 fax: 01892 662026 Clockhouse Court, Beacon Road, >>Crowborough East Sussex TN6 1AF >> >> > >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. 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/smug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
