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looking at buying a Mac for graphic design
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<blockquote data-quote="Lifeisabeach" data-source="post: 794843" data-attributes="member: 38864"><p>The G4 you are looking at does meet the <a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/techspecs/" target="_blank">minimum requirements</a> for running 10.5, though it likely will perform much better with 10.4. I would stay away from the G4 though for the simple reason that Apple has moved on from the PowerPC platform. The next version of Apple's OS, Snow Leopard, is likely to be Intel-only and is supposedly shaping up to be a significantly tweaked and leaner version of OS X. At that point, you can forget ever getting new software to run on the G4 because everyone will be moving on to support 10.6.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand, if your budget is that severely limited that you really can only spend a couple hundred dollars for a replacement computer, then you'll have to settle for what you can get.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lifeisabeach, post: 794843, member: 38864"] The G4 you are looking at does meet the [URL="http://www.apple.com/macosx/techspecs/"]minimum requirements[/URL] for running 10.5, though it likely will perform much better with 10.4. I would stay away from the G4 though for the simple reason that Apple has moved on from the PowerPC platform. The next version of Apple's OS, Snow Leopard, is likely to be Intel-only and is supposedly shaping up to be a significantly tweaked and leaner version of OS X. At that point, you can forget ever getting new software to run on the G4 because everyone will be moving on to support 10.6. On the other hand, if your budget is that severely limited that you really can only spend a couple hundred dollars for a replacement computer, then you'll have to settle for what you can get. [/QUOTE]
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