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> Mac G5-is This A Good Time To Buy New?, Is Apple coming out with new g5 soon?
mixfisto
posté sam. 7 janv. 2006, 00:46
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I'm about to buy a new dual 2.0 g5. Is this a good time (as any) to buy one or does anyone know anything about any new models coming out soon that might have me wait a few weeks/months? (I must buy one within the next 3 months). Also, what might you guys recommend, a new dual 2.0 or the 2nd to last dual 2.3...(haven't quite mastered all the new mac terminology).
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posté dim. 15 janv. 2006, 18:29
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This is always a tough call, but to put it in perspective, there wil always be some better or best around the corner. Problem is, this time around you actually know what that will look like, and that it will happen for sure in the next year - unlike before when you weren't quite sure when or what the new models would boast.

That said, I bought my dual core G5 this past October when they first came out, fully knowing that intel macs were on the horizon. The immdiate increase in productivity was beyond what I expected, and I turned out my best work yet with all the new "headroom." For me, this is worth the investment, regardless of what happens in the coming year.

On a practical note - I remember waiting about 2.5 years total during the OS 9 - OS X transition for all my beloved apps to port over. There will be some waiting, depending on what you use, though perhaps by the time the intel mace replacement for the G5 comes out, many of these will have been released.

Incidentally, I guess the intel-version of a tower will no longer be a "G5," techincally speaking. I wonder what they'll call it?

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- mixfisto   Mac G5-is This A Good Time To Buy New?   sam. 7 janv. 2006, 00:46
- - Mojave Mark   If you hold out till later this year the Mac-Intel...   sam. 7 janv. 2006, 01:36
- - mixfisto   I know that mac will go to the intel chips soon(es...   sam. 7 janv. 2006, 01:58
- - deaconblue   mixfisto, I think the quote from last year's ...   sam. 7 janv. 2006, 07:29
- - mixfisto   OK, now that Mr. Jobs has said that all Macs will ...   sam. 14 janv. 2006, 03:21
- - fastlanephil   There is an advantage buying a G5 based Mac VS a n...   sam. 14 janv. 2006, 05:55
- - beyaRecords   In the recent MacWorld, which you can view at the ...   sam. 14 janv. 2006, 10:09
- - mortalengines   Ah... the wonderful world of computing. If you ne...   sam. 14 janv. 2006, 22:16
- - deaconblue   I think mortalengines has it nailed. Or at least ...   sam. 14 janv. 2006, 22:33
- - lepetitmartien   Steve was clear at the keynote, all Apple computer...   dim. 15 janv. 2006, 03:20
- - beyaRecords   I would inclined to wait and see. For the same mon...   dim. 15 janv. 2006, 03:59
- - mixfisto   thanks everyone, i got my answer. i will be needin...   dim. 15 janv. 2006, 11:50
- - rickenbacker   The fact that none of Apple's own Pro apps (Lo...   dim. 15 janv. 2006, 21:12
- - lepetitmartien   The current macintel share the same motherboard an...   lun. 16 janv. 2006, 03:28
- - rickenbacker   Mmm, and if Apple sticks with the software-style n...   lun. 16 janv. 2006, 15:13


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