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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: juslight on October 11, 2004, 11:02:15 AM
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I bought one of these over the weekend. It\'s nice to only have one plug to deal with. It\'s pretty too.
(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.apple.com%2Fimac%2Fimages%2Findextop20040831.jpg&hash=4287acd85b936676808530b8ea250564c286b69a)
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Its old news but it looks pretty nice. I still preffer the towers. Now THOSE are sexy. They just scream power and elegance. Though i havent been a real mac user in years, they still are pretty nice. Gotta love the dual processing.
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I have a G5 "Cheese grater" tower at work. I bought the iMac for home use.
I\'ve been interested in trying out Garage Band\'s amp feature. You can plug an electric guitar into the iMac and play and record with digital effects, like wah and distortions. Then you can produce songs and export them into iTunes and burn cd\'s.
Fun for me, but my wife is going to be annoyed.
:stick:
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aren\'t those expensive? How much did it set you back?
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I just retired my ole G3 iMac. OS X is great , but I have retired from the Mac world for awhile, mainly due to gaming.
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Repeat after me : G e f a r c e F X 5 2 0 0 ! :laughing:
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Did you get the 17 or the 20"?
Anyhoo, congrats and in true Mac fashion you are hereby required to post a pic of your setup.
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I bought the 20"
It costs: $1,899.00 plus tax
20-inch widescreen LCD
1.8GHz PowerPC G5
512K L2 cache
600MHz frontside bus
256MB DDR400 SDRAM
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
64MB DDR video memory
160GB Serial ATA hard drive
Slot-load SuperDrive
Got it at CompUSA. 6 month same as cash.
I need to get a different mouse. I can\'t work efficiently with the artsy one.
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heh you got it from my place of work
work at compusa heh - there right now - go figure
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Looks Sexy, I just wish more developers acknowledged the Mac OSX.
Plus Macs are way more expensive, still sexy though.
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Originally posted by The Hurricane
Looks Sexy, I just wish more developers acknowledged the Mac OSX.
Plus Macs are way more expensive, still sexy though.
Until you run OS X, you cannot understand how frustrating it can be to need an application that does a certain function and having to search hours upon hours to find one. Don\'t get me wrong, OS X is a beautiful, solid (provided you have decent specs) and functional OS, but it still lacks the developer support to bring it to the prime time. Even though it is based off Unix, you still have to wait for someone to port Unix applications over and sometimes that takes months upon months. Very frustrating experience.. My best advice to anyone running OS X is to install Fink, it will save your ass many times over.
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What\'s FINK?
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Why can\'t I just use Virtual PC?
As a designer, I use the Adobe Creative Suite, Flash and other programs of that nature. I just prefer Mac\'s. I have used Macintosh systems for about 5 years now, and they feel better to me. I have never had a problem with crashes like on the pc I had at home.
Maybe it\'s just my comfort zone.
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Since I own 2 PCs and one G4 Powerbook, I gotta say....maintenance on the PC is a weekly and sometimes daily routine with all the spyware and viruses. My Mac just gets a monthly update. That thing has only crashed once. And that was coz I had no idea what I was doing in Final Cut Express.
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Death to the PC/Windows!
well maybe not. I miss my mac days. I dont know if i could go back permanently:(
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bleh. expensive fashion items that aren\'t much use for anything. AN FX5200 SYSTEM FOR ALMOST TWO THOUSAND US DOLLARS? biggest joke ever.
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You know, some people simply don\'t need a 6800 or a X800.
I built me a new system and went with an 9600 since I didn\'t need anything bigger.
And other gpu\'s would heat up more, this is a silent machine.
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Originally posted by nO-One
You know, some people simply don\'t need a 6800 or a X800.
I built me a new system and went with an 9600 since I didn\'t need anything bigger.
And other gpu\'s would heat up more, this is a silent machine.
Will agree with that. When I was not into PC gaming, it never bothered me that there was bigger and better machines than my lowley iMac DV.
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I\'ve always considered going Mac but I never really had the balls to do it, I have this feeling that I will lack the ability to do something.
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Originally posted by The Hurricane
I\'ve always considered going Mac but I never really had the balls to do it, I have this feeling that I will lack the ability to do something.
Terminal is your friend, if you ever do go.
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Originally posted by Avatarr
bleh. expensive fashion items that aren\'t much use for anything. AN FX5200 SYSTEM FOR ALMOST TWO THOUSAND US DOLLARS? biggest joke ever.
YUO NOW, SOME POEPLE USE THERE MASCHINE TO WORK, NOT TO PALY GAEMZ!!11111111oneonetwo!!1
Avy, you suck.
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Originally posted by Avatarr
bleh. expensive fashion items that aren\'t much use for anything. AN FX5200 SYSTEM FOR ALMOST TWO THOUSAND US DOLLARS? biggest joke ever.
Why is it a joke?
It includes a 20" widescreen monitor.
How much does a 20" flat monitor cost?
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SHEET! they\'re expensive! :p
http://www.pcmarket.com.au/productdetails.php?ProductID=283
granted that one\'s 24 inches. can\'t really find prices for 20 inch ones, but I imagine they wouldn\'t be much cheaper. :p that\'s probably why the companies that make them aren\'t up front about the price. still.. you\'d be able to get a much more powerful PC for the same price (of the iMac, I mean), albiet less purdy.
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G5\'s are pretty powerful and fast.
http://www.barefeats.com/pentium4.html
Avatar,
If you had $2,000 to spend on a computer, what would you go with?
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A FX-53, gig 1 DDR memory and a 68000 GT to start.
:D
Still, iMac\'s arent that bad, I enjoyed mine up until I got bit by the PC bug.
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^^^^^
what she said.
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that\'s better. :)