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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 1514055" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>I went ahead and started a new thread for you, since you're looking for some detailed advice and the "New Members" thread is more about introducing yourself.</p><p></p><p>As to your question - I would honestly not bother with any Mac that runs a PowerPC processor (G3, G4, G5, etc). This is for several reasons, the biggest being that OS X development for PowerPC Macs ended with 10.5 (Leopard), which is now quite old (2007). No new security or software updates have been available for some time and retail copies of the OS are hard to come by and very expensive.</p><p></p><p>If you want to dip your toe into the Mac world on the cheap, you're best to look for an early Intel model (something like a Core 2 Duo iMac or Mac Mini). The effort and expense you will go to in order to get those systems in any kind of usable state (particularly for editing video) will simply not justify the result.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 1514055, member: 24098"] I went ahead and started a new thread for you, since you're looking for some detailed advice and the "New Members" thread is more about introducing yourself. As to your question - I would honestly not bother with any Mac that runs a PowerPC processor (G3, G4, G5, etc). This is for several reasons, the biggest being that OS X development for PowerPC Macs ended with 10.5 (Leopard), which is now quite old (2007). No new security or software updates have been available for some time and retail copies of the OS are hard to come by and very expensive. If you want to dip your toe into the Mac world on the cheap, you're best to look for an early Intel model (something like a Core 2 Duo iMac or Mac Mini). The effort and expense you will go to in order to get those systems in any kind of usable state (particularly for editing video) will simply not justify the result. [/QUOTE]
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