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Or should I look elsewhere?
You see, I'm a graphic design Major, graduating ina few months. The brunt of my work at the moment is high-res digital illustration and concept paintings in Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter.
At school, I use macs for the Adobe and Macromedia Suites, and I love how they run them.
Now, my only computer at home is is a Dell Ispiron Laptop. 256RAM, 20G HDD. I got it in 2002. I cannor afford an expensive computer right now, but I'm looking for something that has more HDD space and won't freeze and take forever to "think" when I use Photoshop and Painter. I also do a bit of 3d work for my internship (I work for an MMORPG software company as concept and texture artist) but if I free up my PC of all the crap that's bogging it down now, I should be able to do the low end, 3d stuff I have to on it.
Here's where the Quicksilver comes in. My friend is trying to make a few extra bucks to pay some bills and has one sitting around her apartment not beign used. Here's the specs on it.
Machine Name: Power Mac G4
Machine Model: PowerMac3,5
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.1)
Number Of CPUs: 2
CPU Speed: 800 MHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB
L3 Cache (per CPU): 2 MB
Memory: 768 MB
Bus Speed: 133 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.2.4f1
Serial Number: 1332TKKSD
Sales Order Number: 01004575331332TK1234123412341234
ATA Bus:
WDC WD800BB-40BSA0:
Capacity: 74.53 GB
Model: WDC WD800BB-40BSA0
Revision: 12.08C12
Serial Number: WD-WMA6S1278717
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Protocol: ATA
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal
OS9 Drivers: Yes
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
Macintosh HD:
Capacity: 74.53 GB
Available: 63.99 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s5
Mount Point: /
Built In Sound Card:
CODEC: Texas Instruments TAS3001C
Sample Rate: 44.1 KHz
Number of Inputs: 0
Number of Outputs: 3
Devices:
Output:
Type: Internal Speaker
Output:
Type: External Speaker
Output:
Type: Headphones
Power On Self-Test:
Last Run: 12/19/06 9:11 AM
Result: Passed
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-103:
Firmware Revision: 1.90
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 2000 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW
Burn Underrun Protection CD: No
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO
Media: No
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX with TwinView:
Chipset Model: GeForce2 TwinView
Type: Display
Bus: AGP
Slot: SLOT-1
VRAM (Total): 64 MB
Vendor: nVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0110
Revision ID: 0x00b2
ROM Revision: 1075
Displays:
HWP D5259A:
Resolution: 1024 x 768 @ 85 Hz
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Not Supported
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
DIMM0/J21:
Size: 128 MB
Type: SDRAM
Speed: PC133-333
Status: OK
DIMM1/J22:
Size: 512 MB
Type: SDRAM
Speed: PC133-333
Status: OK
DIMM2/J23:
Size: 128 MB
Type: SDRAM
Speed: PC133-333
Status: OK
It's currently running OSX and comes with a monitor, mouuse and keyboard. She wants $150 for it. I told her I'd do $75 up front, then another $75 if I'm satisfied and decide to keep it.
Now, I don't know the first thing about Mac specs and want to know if this will be a nice cheap way to get my graphics work done for graduation so that I wo't have to awit 4 minutes or so for Illustrator or Photoshop to do menial tasks. Am I getting a deal with this? Should I try to talk her down? I know nothing about trying to upgrade these things either.
Any input is GREATLY appreciated! Just reading over your forums and all the info on mac's (aside from wha tI already know like, how smooth they run with no extra junk clogging up the background just to keep it alive) I've acquired here in the last few minutes alone have made me want to buy one lol.
You see, I'm a graphic design Major, graduating ina few months. The brunt of my work at the moment is high-res digital illustration and concept paintings in Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter.
At school, I use macs for the Adobe and Macromedia Suites, and I love how they run them.
Now, my only computer at home is is a Dell Ispiron Laptop. 256RAM, 20G HDD. I got it in 2002. I cannor afford an expensive computer right now, but I'm looking for something that has more HDD space and won't freeze and take forever to "think" when I use Photoshop and Painter. I also do a bit of 3d work for my internship (I work for an MMORPG software company as concept and texture artist) but if I free up my PC of all the crap that's bogging it down now, I should be able to do the low end, 3d stuff I have to on it.
Here's where the Quicksilver comes in. My friend is trying to make a few extra bucks to pay some bills and has one sitting around her apartment not beign used. Here's the specs on it.
Machine Name: Power Mac G4
Machine Model: PowerMac3,5
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.1)
Number Of CPUs: 2
CPU Speed: 800 MHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB
L3 Cache (per CPU): 2 MB
Memory: 768 MB
Bus Speed: 133 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.2.4f1
Serial Number: 1332TKKSD
Sales Order Number: 01004575331332TK1234123412341234
ATA Bus:
WDC WD800BB-40BSA0:
Capacity: 74.53 GB
Model: WDC WD800BB-40BSA0
Revision: 12.08C12
Serial Number: WD-WMA6S1278717
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Protocol: ATA
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal
OS9 Drivers: Yes
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
Macintosh HD:
Capacity: 74.53 GB
Available: 63.99 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s5
Mount Point: /
Built In Sound Card:
CODEC: Texas Instruments TAS3001C
Sample Rate: 44.1 KHz
Number of Inputs: 0
Number of Outputs: 3
Devices:
Output:
Type: Internal Speaker
Output:
Type: External Speaker
Output:
Type: Headphones
Power On Self-Test:
Last Run: 12/19/06 9:11 AM
Result: Passed
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-103:
Firmware Revision: 1.90
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 2000 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW
Burn Underrun Protection CD: No
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO
Media: No
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX with TwinView:
Chipset Model: GeForce2 TwinView
Type: Display
Bus: AGP
Slot: SLOT-1
VRAM (Total): 64 MB
Vendor: nVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0110
Revision ID: 0x00b2
ROM Revision: 1075
Displays:
HWP D5259A:
Resolution: 1024 x 768 @ 85 Hz
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Not Supported
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
DIMM0/J21:
Size: 128 MB
Type: SDRAM
Speed: PC133-333
Status: OK
DIMM1/J22:
Size: 512 MB
Type: SDRAM
Speed: PC133-333
Status: OK
DIMM2/J23:
Size: 128 MB
Type: SDRAM
Speed: PC133-333
Status: OK
It's currently running OSX and comes with a monitor, mouuse and keyboard. She wants $150 for it. I told her I'd do $75 up front, then another $75 if I'm satisfied and decide to keep it.
Now, I don't know the first thing about Mac specs and want to know if this will be a nice cheap way to get my graphics work done for graduation so that I wo't have to awit 4 minutes or so for Illustrator or Photoshop to do menial tasks. Am I getting a deal with this? Should I try to talk her down? I know nothing about trying to upgrade these things either.
Any input is GREATLY appreciated! Just reading over your forums and all the info on mac's (aside from wha tI already know like, how smooth they run with no extra junk clogging up the background just to keep it alive) I've acquired here in the last few minutes alone have made me want to buy one lol.