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Dilemma: Mini or Power Mac G5?
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<blockquote data-quote="James" data-source="post: 94765" data-attributes="member: 7582"><p>That is a problem with the AIO computers alright. In defence of the iMac, my wife loves hers. It is smooth and it is fast, and it is stable, and it looks like a work of art on her desk. But, there isn't much to upgrade and that seems like a requirement to you so definatly go with one of the PM's.</p><p></p><p>Even with the single 1.8 you will have good upgradeability and no matter which PM you buy you will want to upgrade the ram right off, 512 is a bit short, i recommed at least a gig. This will give you smooth multitasking and speed. If you get into heavy graphics and editing movies you will probably want another gig, but that can come later down the road.</p><p></p><p>I think a dual 1.8 PM will go farther into the future with you as dual processors and 64 bit are the coming thing. Sure there isn't much software at the moment to take advantage of all the power there, but it is coming and you will be ready for it when it gets here.</p><p></p><p>As far as selling the wife on OS X, that should be the easiest part of the whole change. All you have to do is let her get her hands on it for a little while and OS X will do its own selling. It is easy to use, stable, and quite powerful.</p><p></p><p>That's one of the great things about the PowerMacs G5's, no matter which one you buy, you're gona like it!....(G)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James, post: 94765, member: 7582"] That is a problem with the AIO computers alright. In defence of the iMac, my wife loves hers. It is smooth and it is fast, and it is stable, and it looks like a work of art on her desk. But, there isn't much to upgrade and that seems like a requirement to you so definatly go with one of the PM's. Even with the single 1.8 you will have good upgradeability and no matter which PM you buy you will want to upgrade the ram right off, 512 is a bit short, i recommed at least a gig. This will give you smooth multitasking and speed. If you get into heavy graphics and editing movies you will probably want another gig, but that can come later down the road. I think a dual 1.8 PM will go farther into the future with you as dual processors and 64 bit are the coming thing. Sure there isn't much software at the moment to take advantage of all the power there, but it is coming and you will be ready for it when it gets here. As far as selling the wife on OS X, that should be the easiest part of the whole change. All you have to do is let her get her hands on it for a little while and OS X will do its own selling. It is easy to use, stable, and quite powerful. That's one of the great things about the PowerMacs G5's, no matter which one you buy, you're gona like it!....(G) [/QUOTE]
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