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A few weeks ago I bought a refurb MacBook from Apple and I love it.
I have two other PC's in my house as I work from home, one is mine and the other is my son's. One of the things I loved most about my MacBook was the way in which it instantly found my Wi-Fi network and connected within 3 seconds of being out of the box and the fact that I can actually access my external hard drive which is attached to my PC from it. My Sony Vaio laptop was lovely, but had Vista installed whilst the PC's have XP, and this caused so many issues!
I am considering purchasing an iMac to replace my Dell PC. Its 11 months old and powerful with dual hard drives, plenty of RAM etc but its just not a Mac.
My dad has offered me his "G5 running OS X 10.5.2 with a dual 1.8 GHz PowerPc and 1.5 GB DDR SDRAM"
I need something quick and with plenty of room for all my business applications/software etc and of course to store all my files etc. I have moved all my personal files and photos etc onto the external hard drive to free up space on my Dell.
I don't really know much about my dad's G5 except its at least a couple of years old if not more (I don't know much about Apple's release timeline)
I have noticed it is considerably slower than my MacBook, although that may just be his internet connection I guess.
Would I be better off with a new iMac or is the G5 going to be sufficient for my needs? I know it doesn't have built in wireless as my parents use USB dongles.
I have two other PC's in my house as I work from home, one is mine and the other is my son's. One of the things I loved most about my MacBook was the way in which it instantly found my Wi-Fi network and connected within 3 seconds of being out of the box and the fact that I can actually access my external hard drive which is attached to my PC from it. My Sony Vaio laptop was lovely, but had Vista installed whilst the PC's have XP, and this caused so many issues!
I am considering purchasing an iMac to replace my Dell PC. Its 11 months old and powerful with dual hard drives, plenty of RAM etc but its just not a Mac.
My dad has offered me his "G5 running OS X 10.5.2 with a dual 1.8 GHz PowerPc and 1.5 GB DDR SDRAM"
I need something quick and with plenty of room for all my business applications/software etc and of course to store all my files etc. I have moved all my personal files and photos etc onto the external hard drive to free up space on my Dell.
I don't really know much about my dad's G5 except its at least a couple of years old if not more (I don't know much about Apple's release timeline)
I have noticed it is considerably slower than my MacBook, although that may just be his internet connection I guess.
Would I be better off with a new iMac or is the G5 going to be sufficient for my needs? I know it doesn't have built in wireless as my parents use USB dongles.