Which Mac?
Damn it, I am so sick of these crappy PCs, and while I don't think MOX is that much better, there does appear to be some really good shareware software that turns it into something OK (dragthing for one). I really want to start doing some ruby stuff - which I can't without a PC (unless I do it at work - yuck!!) - and I want to see some DVDs, or even TV, which I could do with a nice big Computer monitor.
So, there's the Mac Mini. Underpowered, relatively cheap, designed to be obselete (the next version of the OS has a brand spanking new feature that WILL NOT RUN on it, and is only being released in 3-4 months). But once you add memory (I need at least a Gig) in pounds it's suddenly 690!! That's enormous, and doesn't include a monitor.
Then there's the iMac. Kinda ugly (pinstripes to make things look thinner please guys), and quite expensive, and you can't upgrade the monitor so you have to start with a good one (ie 20inch). Extra memory isn't quite so harsh, and is apparently fairly easy to install yourself. It does have a G5 and is capable of running all the software to be released in the next little while. But we're looking at 1300 pounds (VAT is a real killer here).
Then someone here at work offered me his dual G4 for 415 or so. That's not too horrendous, though moving it is arse, and I'd still have to get a monitor. So he offered his nice monitor, which takes it to 800, which is very clost to a 17 inch G5 iMac....
And then there's PCs, get a yukky box and I'm talking 700 for a really fast machine. Running Windows or Linux. But really fast. Oh, and has a big case.
Little case costs a little more (maybe 800 in total) and is a little slower, though still better than the iMac.
And then I have to go to Japan in March, Europe and Egypt in the summer sometime, and go home at somepoint, via India. Oh, and pay Mum and Dad back, and the bank for that matter (they come last :)
So, there's the Mac Mini. Underpowered, relatively cheap, designed to be obselete (the next version of the OS has a brand spanking new feature that WILL NOT RUN on it, and is only being released in 3-4 months). But once you add memory (I need at least a Gig) in pounds it's suddenly 690!! That's enormous, and doesn't include a monitor.
Then there's the iMac. Kinda ugly (pinstripes to make things look thinner please guys), and quite expensive, and you can't upgrade the monitor so you have to start with a good one (ie 20inch). Extra memory isn't quite so harsh, and is apparently fairly easy to install yourself. It does have a G5 and is capable of running all the software to be released in the next little while. But we're looking at 1300 pounds (VAT is a real killer here).
Then someone here at work offered me his dual G4 for 415 or so. That's not too horrendous, though moving it is arse, and I'd still have to get a monitor. So he offered his nice monitor, which takes it to 800, which is very clost to a 17 inch G5 iMac....
And then there's PCs, get a yukky box and I'm talking 700 for a really fast machine. Running Windows or Linux. But really fast. Oh, and has a big case.
Little case costs a little more (maybe 800 in total) and is a little slower, though still better than the iMac.
And then I have to go to Japan in March, Europe and Egypt in the summer sometime, and go home at somepoint, via India. Oh, and pay Mum and Dad back, and the bank for that matter (they come last :)
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