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<blockquote data-quote="coach_z" data-source="post: 196748" data-attributes="member: 5513"><p>refurbs come out of their factory with the same expectation of performance as every new mac that comes off the line. only difference is you might have a pre-made scratch on the case or something. so basically what i am saying is that the refurbs are just like new, but used, with the same warantee as the new machines.</p><p></p><p>well picking between the two may become a crap shoot. the intel machine will need to emulate aftereffects under rosetta and that will be noticably slower. there also appears to be a degredation in performance under rosetta as well...read this: <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/pdfs/intelmacsupport.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.adobe.com/products/pdfs/intelmacsupport.pdf</a> . PPC might be faster but adobe may release a new line of products by years end which will be universal.</p><p></p><p>if you need to buy now, i'd go with ppc.</p><p>-chris</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="coach_z, post: 196748, member: 5513"] refurbs come out of their factory with the same expectation of performance as every new mac that comes off the line. only difference is you might have a pre-made scratch on the case or something. so basically what i am saying is that the refurbs are just like new, but used, with the same warantee as the new machines. well picking between the two may become a crap shoot. the intel machine will need to emulate aftereffects under rosetta and that will be noticably slower. there also appears to be a degredation in performance under rosetta as well...read this: [url]http://www.adobe.com/products/pdfs/intelmacsupport.pdf[/url] . PPC might be faster but adobe may release a new line of products by years end which will be universal. if you need to buy now, i'd go with ppc. -chris [/QUOTE]
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