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<blockquote data-quote="Aptmunich" data-source="post: 59294" data-attributes="member: 3850"><p>"I am on a tight budget, I could possibly afford a base unit off of ebay, can I get an adaptor so I can plug the base unit in to my existing 19" monitor?"</p><p></p><p>I assume by base unit you mean powermac? Then the answer is yes, you can. If you mean emac/imac then I'm not sure. If you mean iBook/powerbook then the answer is yes again.</p><p></p><p>"I need to run Dreamweaver and Photoshop, performance wise what is the minumium spec I would require not to have any problems running both these applications like I did on a Windows machine with 1gb of Ram?"</p><p></p><p>Well that's difficult to say. They will run on most machines, but I'm not sure what filters / file sizes / etc we are talking about, so I'll just recommend at least 800Mhz and leave this question to someone else <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>"The apple OS, is it easy to reinstall if something goes wrong, is it just the case of popping in your cd or dvd and reinstalling like you do with Windows and Linux?"</p><p></p><p>Yes it is. </p><p></p><p>"Adding peripherals, If I went out and bought an external dvd burner would this work, would I have any compatability problems"</p><p></p><p>Probably not. Some peripherals can be tricky, but for most things commonly available you can find drivers if they aren't recognised by the system automatically. I think any ext. DVD burner will work though. </p><p></p><p>"Internet explorer, Ok on my Windows box I preview pages produced in Dreamweaver using Internet Explorer, is this the same on a Mac, and are there any major differences between IE on windows and IE on Mac?"</p><p></p><p>No, it's horrible on both systems. But the windows version is newer. You can also get versions of firefox, mozilla and netscape navigator for mac though.</p><p></p><p>"Viruses, what is the situation like and If I bought a Mac would I get treated to spyware and viruses after a couple of days usage?"</p><p></p><p>No you won't. There aren't any viruses for mac OS X and no spyware apps either.</p><p></p><p>In fact, you don't need to bother with a virus scanner at all IMO.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Since you're on a tight budget, I'd look into a current emac or older powermac G4.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aptmunich, post: 59294, member: 3850"] "I am on a tight budget, I could possibly afford a base unit off of ebay, can I get an adaptor so I can plug the base unit in to my existing 19" monitor?" I assume by base unit you mean powermac? Then the answer is yes, you can. If you mean emac/imac then I'm not sure. If you mean iBook/powerbook then the answer is yes again. "I need to run Dreamweaver and Photoshop, performance wise what is the minumium spec I would require not to have any problems running both these applications like I did on a Windows machine with 1gb of Ram?" Well that's difficult to say. They will run on most machines, but I'm not sure what filters / file sizes / etc we are talking about, so I'll just recommend at least 800Mhz and leave this question to someone else :) "The apple OS, is it easy to reinstall if something goes wrong, is it just the case of popping in your cd or dvd and reinstalling like you do with Windows and Linux?" Yes it is. "Adding peripherals, If I went out and bought an external dvd burner would this work, would I have any compatability problems" Probably not. Some peripherals can be tricky, but for most things commonly available you can find drivers if they aren't recognised by the system automatically. I think any ext. DVD burner will work though. "Internet explorer, Ok on my Windows box I preview pages produced in Dreamweaver using Internet Explorer, is this the same on a Mac, and are there any major differences between IE on windows and IE on Mac?" No, it's horrible on both systems. But the windows version is newer. You can also get versions of firefox, mozilla and netscape navigator for mac though. "Viruses, what is the situation like and If I bought a Mac would I get treated to spyware and viruses after a couple of days usage?" No you won't. There aren't any viruses for mac OS X and no spyware apps either. In fact, you don't need to bother with a virus scanner at all IMO. Since you're on a tight budget, I'd look into a current emac or older powermac G4. [/QUOTE]
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