 How Big Does It Really Have To Be?, what constitutes a 'powerful' Mac? |
 ven. 25 avril 2003, 21:06
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 Newbie Groupe : Members Messages : 1 Inscrit : 25 avril 03 Lieu : Long Island City - US Membre no 16,758  |
i've been in PC land forever. now, i'd like to try Apple! in terms of buying a system, what do i really need? i've heard everything across the board... can anyone (and everyone!) help me figure out what to configure before i purchase the monster!? i have Digi001 LE. i will be buying a dual processor G4. now, while knowing a week after i buy it it's going to be 'old', what exactly should i get to not have to worry about anything for a while? how much Memory, Hard Drive, and anything else you recommend... and do i need external drives... (i don't even know what firewire is... but do i need it!?!?!) thanks very, very much. sincerely, an excellent musician and an awful technician.
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dim. 27 avril 2003, 19:45
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A 17" LCD has the equivalent screen space of a much larger CRT anyway, plus you don't have to deal with accomodating the ugly fat rear end of a tube. The Apple 17" display is plenty big enough, available at a good price and is absolutely fantastic quality. I thought my iBook screen was clear until I got my Apple 17". Wow!
Re. processors, most major music software is dual processor aware (with workarounds to take best advantage, ie Logic) so a current or recent G4 is a sound investment if you find one at a good price. I know rumour sites are on fire with hot gossip about the G5s or whatever, but they're going to be months away yet. Plus hasn't all the software got to be recompiled to take advantage of them anyway? Right now, a dual 867 or 1GHz is plenty powerful enough for most users and will last a good few years yet, IMHO. |
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